The Intercept: Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest
When the viral video cooled off, people thought the case against the 62-year-old would be dropped. Prosecutors doubled down.
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/03/penis-costume-no-kings-protest-alabama-censorship/
The Trump administration just banned drones from flying within 800 meters of any ICE or CBP vehicle. Nationwide. No expiration date. The FAA issued the restriction under the guise of safety.
The actual effect is straightforward: journalists, activists, and ordinary citizens can no longer document immigration raids, protests, deportations, or any other event where law enforcement vehicles are present. Even news organizations with legal drone operations now face potential criminal charges for doing their jobs.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation calls it "a blatant attempt to criminalize recording ICE." This is not hyperbole. It is an accurate description of a policy designed to shield law enforcement from public oversight.
Drones have become essential tools for civil oversight. They allow recording from safe distances without direct confrontation. That is precisely why this administration wants them grounded.
This is not about drone safety. It is about transparency. And the message is clear: the government does not want you to see what it is doing.
#DroneBan #ICE #CBP #Transparency #FirstAmendment #EFF #Satire #USA #Trump #Surveillance
https://newsgroup.site/trump-administration-bans-drones-filming-ice-censorship-safety-2026/
FAA bans drone filming of federal agents within half a mile. EFF calls it an attack on the First Amendment. 212 reblogs on Mastodon. Government restricting aerial documentation of law enforcement activity is a direct challenge to press freedom and accountability. First they came for your drone footage... 🚁👁️
#privacy #EFF #FirstAmendment #drones #surveillance
Source: https://mastodon.social/@eff
Interesting case in which the usual issues surrounding the retraction of a journal article are further complicated by a NY state law criminalizing the distribution of information that endangers health.
https://retractionwatch.com/2026/04/02/judge-lawsuit-controversial-adolescents-paxil-study-329/
PS: Apart from the specific issues raised by this case (whether a certain antidepressant is safe and effective for teenagers), I'm interested in this more general question: Do US journals have a #FirstAmendment right not to retract articles, regardless of the circumstances, for example, even when the articles have been shown to be false and harmful and even when local law prohibits the distribution of such information? Is "forced retraction" a kind of #censorship prohibited by the Constitution?
Before you comment, note that this cases raises a lot of important questions about our tolerance for harm. But I'm trying to raise a slightly different question about the interaction of scholarly norms and public law.
Silencing free speech kills democracy.
They are trying hard!
We cannot allow conservative media companies with a disinformation agenda like Sinclair and Nexstar to dominate our public discourse
#BrendanCarr #FCC #MediaConsolidation #Sinclair #Nexstar #FirstAmendment #USPol
#Trump defunding of #NPR and #PBS blocked by judge, but damage is already done
A federal judge ruled that President Trump's executive order defunding NPR and PBS violated the #FirstAmendment and issued a permanent injunction stating that executive branch agencies cannot enforce it.
#rights #maga #eo #executiveorder
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