Trevor Timm: How free is our freedom of the press?
Trevor Timm: Quanto è libera la libertà di stampa?
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
vincitore del premio Pulitzer
il nome di Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden's name,
he famously exposed
in cui svelava
the phone calls of Americans.
illegalmente le chiamate degli americani.
US intelligence operation
d'intelligence catastrofica
handed over blueprints
ha consegnato alcuni progetti
of a US government investigation
da parte del governo
that he testify
for the US government's recent pattern
della politica del governo americano
and spying on journalists.
e spiare i giornalisti.
secret information in the public interest.
di interesse pubblico.
if the media can't also gather that news
se non si possono raccogliere informazioni
of the brave men and women
delle persone coraggiose
have done before him:
hanno fatto prima di lui:
of going to federal prison.
di essere incarcerato.
when a curious thing happened.
quando è successa una cosa strana.
it was vital to their case,
per anni l'importanza,
to Risen altogether.
tutte le richieste fatte a Risen.
of electronic surveillance,
della sorveglianza elettronica,
reporters and sources can hide.
in cui ci si possa nascondere.
to have Risen testify,
una confessione di Risen,
testify against him instead.
che lo incastravano.
and without his consent,
e senza il suo consenso,
i suoi tabulati telefonici.
his financial and banking information,
i suoi dati bancari e finanziari,
of flights he had taken.
they used to convict Jeffrey Sterling,
hanno condannato Jeffrey Sterling,
and CIA whistleblower.
e informatore della CIA.
to protect whistleblowers,
di proteggere gli informatori
has prosecuted more
ha perseguito più persone
messe insieme.
could be a problem,
considers so much of what it does secret.
considera segrete le sue attività.
story about national security
di sicurezza nazionale
coming to a journalist.
tra un informatore e un reporter.
unable to do their job
non possa fare il suo lavoro,
is supposed to protect
expanded ability to spy on everyone.
di spiare tutti.
the government
ha permesso al governo
even better than before.
meglio di prima.
they begin speaking with them,
after the fact.
when Risen was writing his book,
than regular emails or phone calls.
rispetto alle classiche mail o telefonate.
uno di questi strumenti è SecureDrop,
submission system
per l'invio di informazioni
Internet luminary Aaron Swartz,
Aaron Swartz,
at the non-profit where I work,
dalla no-profit in cui lavoro,
di un'organizzazione giornalistica
or send information
o si possono inviare informazioni
on any other contact form.
modulo di contatto.
and stored on a server
e conservato su un server
has access to.
all'organizzazione giornalistica.
secretly demand the information,
richiedere informazioni in segreto,
they would demand
only a small part of the puzzle
un piccolo pezzo del puzzle
in the 21st century.
nel 21esimo secolo.
all over the world
di tutto il mondo
new spying techniques
nuove tecniche di spionaggio
to make sure
per assicurarci
the tech-savvy whistleblowers,
an avenue for exposing wrongdoing.
a poter denunciare azioni illegali.
next veteran's health care whistleblower
il prossimo veterano
degli ospedali sovrapopolati,
about Flint's dirty water,
to help the brave men and women
solo per aiutare quei coraggiosi
all of our rights under the Constitution.
sanciti dalla Costituzione.
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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