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“Federal officials should need a court order before phone, email, internet, or cloud companies turn over a journalist's account, device, or reporting records, and journalists should usually be warned and allowed to challenge the demand before disclosure.”
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“Journalist source protection should not stop federal officials from investigating a journalist or news organization suspected of committing a crime, or one that witnessed a crime unrelated to reporting, though separate limits may still protect reporting information.”
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“People who regularly gather, write, edit, record, photograph, report, or publish news for the public should get journalist source protection, including for confidential sources, reporting materials, and related records held by phone, email, internet, or cloud companies.”
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“Federal officials generally should not be able to force journalists to reveal confidential sources, notes, communications, records, or other reporting information unless a judge finds a terrorism-related need or an urgent threat of serious harm.”
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“When a court allows federal officials to force disclosure of journalist information, the demand should be limited to the approved topic and time period and should avoid unnecessary reporting materials, side issues, or speculative information?”
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“Journalist source protection should not stop federal officials from investigating a journalist or news organization suspected of being a foreign-power agent or officially designated for terrorism-related activity.”
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“Civil defamation, slander, and libel cases under state law should keep using state-law rules and defenses, even when those claims are heard in federal court.”
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