Gypsy Guillén Kaiser
@gypsyrights.bsky.social
Chief Global Affairs Officer at Committee to Protect Journalists - @pressfreedom.bsky.social | Dominican born, New York bred; lover of freedoms & strategizing for good. Views personal.
🏆 CPJ will honor journalists from Colombia, Eritrea, El Salvador, Hungary, Lebanon + Myanmar at the 36th annual International Press Freedom Awards in November. Carlos Dada, the Salvadoran journalist who co-founded El Faro in 1998, will receive the Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. cpj.org?p=605324
The kind of fight that makes my heart sing. ❤️✊ #PressFreedom #FirstAmendment www.the-reporter.net/stories/fede...
The viral videos that inspired tens of thousands to swim to Spain’s Ceuta reut.rs/452j47Q
The viral videos that inspired tens of thousands to swim to Spain’s Ceuta
Last week's rush of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta began with a trickle.
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CPJ, partners note Uganda’s “severe restrictions” on human rights ahead of UN review cpj.org?p=605258
CPJ, partners note Uganda’s “severe restrictions” on human rights ahead of UN review - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined five other rights organizations in calling on the Ugandan government to enact legislative reform in support of human rights and to end repressive tactics in...
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Vietnamese journalist Doan Bao Chau sentenced in absentia to 7 years in prison for anti-state reporting cpj.org?p=605981
Vietnamese journalist Doan Bao Chau sentenced in absentia to 7 years in prison for anti-state reporting - Committee to Protect Journalists
August 4, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to end their harassment of journalist Doan Bao Chau after a Hanoi court sentenced him in absentia to seven years in ...
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El Grito Media and “the most accurate truth.”! 🦋 www.cjr.org/getting-the-...
El Grito Media and “the most accurate truth.”
After CBS News hit the brakes on a 60 Minutes story about CECOT prison, the League of Latin American Citizens decided it was time to start their own newsroom. Within months, El Grito Media has become ...
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The FCC has no business deciding who is a journalist and what counts as real news. We cannot allow local stations to become collateral damage in the FCC's political games.
'A putz': Michael Steele slams Trump FCC Commissioner's latest ABC attack
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The European Commission gains full enforcement powers over AI companies on Aug. 2, including the ability to investigate providers, order corrective measures and impose fines. Joana Soares reports on what the first months of enforcement may look like.
Brussels Gains New AI Act Enforcement Powers as Autonomous AI Tests Regulators
The EU AI Act enters a new phase as Brussels gains enforcement powers over AI companies and introduces transparency rules for AI-generated content.
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Important piece to understand the nature of power these days and the drivers for those opting for capitulation. 👇
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3d agoThe law firm Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. A New York Times investigation details the inside story of its transformation. trib.al/YQawT9z
Hegseth’s Pentagon secrecy push threatens access to unclassified records: Exempting controlled unclassified information from FOIA could effectively put millions of files beyond the reach of open-records laws — potentially forever By FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social:
Opinion | Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon secrecy push threatens access to unclassified records
Lauren Harper: The Pentagon’s proposal to Congress would bypass FOIA’s transparency requirements and give the military sweeping powers to withhold nearly all unclassified information.
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Informed by his research on Venezuela, political scientist Philipp Lutscher writes that DDoS attacks on news organizations censor primarily through friction: they raise the cost of accessing and distributing information for both readers and journalists.
How Cyberattacks Became a Censorship Tool
The internet made it easier to evade traditional censorship, but Philipp Lutscher writes that cyberattacks are a cheap and deniable authoritarian countermove.
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The FCC has no authority to police the ideological balance of the airwaves. No matter what this Commission does next, the record now makes clear that this was never a genuine search for the public interest. 🧵
Agencies are lagging on FOIA and resorting to extremes to close requests. The EPA even rejected our request for an email for being too broad. They relented when we objected to the absurdity of that claim. It shouldn't have come to that. More in @nytimes.com:
Federal Agencies Face Record Backlog of Public Records Requests
A Times analysis of 16 years of available federal data shows federal agencies lag in processing requests for government records.
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The FCC ordered eight Disney-owned ABC stations to undergo license renewal years early. Yesterday, the Knight Institute joined @aclu.org, @ncacensorship.bsky.social, and @futurefreespeech.org in challenging those proceedings as unconstitutional jawboning.
Free Speech Organizations File Comment Demanding the FCC Stop Censorship Campaign Against ABC, Jimmy Kimmel
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Disney-owned ABC said the Federal Communications Commission's threat to revoke the network's broadcast licenses is part of an unprecedented campaign of intimidation over broadcast content the Trump administration dislikes reut.rs/4g0QCt8
Given that Russia recently charged Telegram's founder with aiding terrorism, here is some important background: cpj.org/2026/06/russ...
Russian independent journalists fear MAX app, new online restrictions will hinder reporting - Committee to Protect Journalists
As Russian authorities tighten the screw on popular messaging app Telegram and promote a state-backed “super app” that observers say could act as a surveillance tool, independent journalists and media...
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A very welcome decision in the UK with implications for journalists who are regularly targeted with surveillance across borders. #EndImpunity www.middleeasteye.net/news/supreme...
UK Supreme Court says no state immunity for Bahrain in surveillance case
Pro-democracy campaigners hail victory as court rules lawsuit against kingdom can proceed
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Delighted to have participated in this important discussion about why the #G20 must support the free flow of independently reported, factual information and market conditions that make a free press sustainable. 👇
DW Akademie@akademie.dw.com · 2w agoMedia freedom advocates may not expect major progress during the US-hosted G20, but they're already looking ahead to 2027, when the UK takes over the presidency. At #GMF26, experts discussed how independent journalism and sustainable media can stay on the global agenda. dw.com/a-77962088
Hungary’s new government has taken promising first steps to restore press freedom after years of state capture under former prime minister Viktor Orbán. Find out what’s changed so far, and what must come next: cpj.org?p=603102
Hungary’s initial media reforms are promising but lasting safeguards still needed - Committee to Protect Journalists
Hungary’s new government has taken promising first steps to restore press freedom after years of state capture under former prime minister Viktor Orbán, but authorities must now move beyond quick fixe...
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Mexican journalist Josué Martínez shot dead in Puebla, fourth killed in over a month cpj.org?p=602582 #Mexico #EndImpunity
Mexican journalist Josué Martínez shot dead in Puebla, fourth killed in over a month - Committee to Protect Journalists
Mexico City, July 17, 2026—Mexican authorities must swiftly and credibly investigate the killing of 39-year-old Josué Martínez Contreras, who is the fourth Mexican journalist to be killed in the count...
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This is the best film I've seen all year -- and it's not even finished yet. New Pressing Issues on the documentary Barrio TV and an interview with director Christina DiPasquale.
‘Barrio Television’ Broke the Mold
Christina DiPasquale is making sure this important moment of media activism isn’t forgotten
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President Trump threatened again to revoke the broadcast licenses of ABC and NBC tonight, after those networks decided not to preempt their regularly scheduled programming to cover his address live.
Trump threatens TV broadcast licenses after networks skip speech
The FCC has already launched probes into broadcasters, alleging their practices violate public interest standards.
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NEW ⚡️The starkest non-immigrant visa restriction facing international journalists in the U.S. is on track to go into effect in September. Thousands of journalists and their families may be affected. #PressFreedom #i-Visa cpj.org/2026/07/cpj-...
CPJ condemns Trump administration rule restricting international correspondents access to the United States - Committee to Protect Journalists
Washington, D.C., July 16, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the Trump administration’s decision to impose new visa restrictions on international correspondents, abandoning a...
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It's vital that news leaders defend the work of their journalists and in doing so, the public's right to be informed. #PressFreedom is your freedom. 👇 @nytimes.com Top Editor on Subpoenas of Times Journalists www.nytimes.com/video/inside...
Video: Our Top Editor on Subpoenas of Times Journalists
The Trump administration issued subpoenas to reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One. Joe Kahn, the executive editor of The New York Times, responds to what he call...
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📢 As the 2026 FIFA Men’s #WorldCup comes to a close, the joy on display should not distract from the unprecedented exclusion, discrimination and misuse of power the U.S. government is conducting away from the spotlight. 🔗 Read the full statement: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-a-world...
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder: Landmark trial puts Malta’s press freedom back in spotlight cpj.org?p=601331 #EndImpunity
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder: Landmark trial puts Malta’s press freedom back in spotlight - Committee to Protect Journalists
More than eight years after the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia sent shockwaves through Europe, all eyes are once again on the capital Valletta, where the alleged mastermind...
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Important update from @agomezfcc.bsky.social , showing once again that media consolidation is afoot in the United States. Read why it matters ➡️ cpj.org/2026/04/how-...
How US media consolidation endangers press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a government agency that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable in the United States. Although the agency is supposed ...
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez@agomezfcc.bsky.social · 3w agoThe FCC just announced it will move forward with its unlawful effort to hand control of the public airwaves to billionaire buddies of this administration. This will destroy local newsrooms, silence community reporting, and drive-up costs for American families.
