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It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the PRESS Act
The PRESS Act would protect a journalist's sources, and gained unanimous bipartisan support when passed by the House in January.
The bill also grants other protections, such as limiting what records the government can secretly take from journalists or their email or phone provider that could identify their sources — again, with a narrow set of exceptions for emergency threats. People will feel discouraged from talking to journalists, and that harms the public’s ability to be informed about things that affect them. We also increasingly consume our news from independent journalists and smaller outlets, which might not have the legal resources to fight a government subpoena for their records.
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