Stanley Milgram would like to have a word with universities and law firms that are cowering in advance to the autocrat

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Obama encourages universities to use their endowments instead of cowering to the authoritarian assault on higher education

"CPJ is glad to see that ex-Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant's lawsuit against nonprofit news outlet Mississippi Today was dismissed. We hope that this case serves as a deterrent to those who would seek to sue outlets into silence." — Katherine Jacobsen, US, Canada & Caribbean Program Coordinator

CPJ has submitted three amicus briefs together with @rcfp.org in support of @radiofreeeurope.bsky.social and @voanews.com.web.brid.gy. We assert that shuttering them destroys their editorial independence, thereby putting their journalists at grave risk.

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CPJ supports legal efforts to protect RFE/RL, VOA after Trump executive order - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, April 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) filed three amicus briefs on Friday, March 28, responding to the Trump ad...

Cuts to Voice of America, RFE and others pose a significant risk to journalists working for these outlets here and around the world, as our amicus briefs with partners show.

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Authoritarianism rears its head in America when students and faculty of one of the country’s most reputable j-schools feel they need to think twice before attending a class or an event.

Sobering statement from @columbiajournalism.bsky.social