Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
Trevor Timm: Nia preslibereco, ĉu vere libera?
Trevor Timm is the co-founder and executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and defends journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability. Full bio
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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
gajninto de premio Pulitzer,
Edward Snowden's name,
Edward Snowden,
he famously exposed
en kiu li rivelis, ke la NSA
the phone calls of Americans.
kontraŭleĝe subaŭskultis
la telefonvokojn de usonanoj
US intelligence operation
informkaptad-operacion,
handed over blueprints
of a US government investigation
that he testify
ke li atestu kontraŭ
for the US government's recent pattern
lastatempa konduto de la registaro,
and spying on journalists.
kaj spionas ĵurnalistojn.
secret information in the public interest.
en la intereso de la publiko.
if the media can't also gather that news
kolekti informojn
of the brave men and women
de la kuraĝuloj,
have done before him:
raportistoj antaŭ li:
of going to federal prison.
when a curious thing happened.
kiam strangaĵo okazis.
it was vital to their case,
por ke Risen plenigu siajn postulojn,
to Risen altogether.
of electronic surveillance,
de elektronika kontrolado,
reporters and sources can hide.
ĵurnalistoj kaj denuncantoj.
to have Risen testify,
testify against him instead.
and without his consent,
his financial and banking information,
liajn financajn kaj bankajn transakciojn,
of flights he had taken.
de flugoj per kiuj li veturis.
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
kondamnigi al Jeffrey Sterling,
and CIA whistleblower.
kaj ebla informfonto de Risen.
el multaj similaj kazoj.
to protect whistleblowers,
protekti denuncantojn,
has prosecuted more
daŭre persekutis ilin,
could be a problem,
la amplekson de la problemo,
considers so much of what it does secret.
sekreta grandan parton de sia agado.
story about national security
novaĵo pri nacia sekureco
coming to a journalist.
unable to do their job
nekapabla fari laboron
is supposed to protect
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
de la registaro ĉiujn spionadi.
the government
even better than before.
they begin speaking with them,
de la unua konversacio,
after the fact.
when Risen was writing his book,
than regular emails or phone calls.
ol retmesaĝoj aŭ telefonoj.
submission system
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
geniulo Aaron Schwartz,
at the non-profit where I work,
organizo por kiu mi laboras,
or send information
on any other contact form.
and stored on a server
konservita en servilo
has access to.
secretly demand the information,
postuli sekrete la informon,
they would demand
only a small part of the puzzle
de la tuta solvo
in the 21st century.
en la 21-a jarcento.
all over the world
el la tuta mondo
new spying techniques
kiuj prezentas riskon por ni ĉiuj.
to make sure
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
lertaj pri teknologio,
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
por riveli malbonfarojn.
next veteran's health care whistleblower
sekvan denunconton pri veterana sansistemo,
about Flint's dirty water,
akvo de alia Flint-urbo,
to help the brave men and women
ne servas nur por la kuraĝuloj,
all of our rights under the Constitution.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Trevor Timm - Writer, activist and legal analystTrevor Timm is the co-founder and executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and defends journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability.
Why you should listen
Trevor Timm is a co-founder and the executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. He is a journalist, activist, and lawyer who writes a twice weekly column for The Guardian on privacy, free speech, and national security. He has contributed to The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy, Harvard Law and Policy Review, PBS MediaShift and Politico.
Trevor formerly worked as an activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before that, he helped the longtime General Counsel of The New York Times, James Goodale, write a book on the Pentagon Papers and the First Amendment. He received his J.D. from New York Law School.
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