The Latest Breaking News from Jameel Jaffer

A court will decide if Julian Assange may appeal extradition to the US, where relatives say he could die in jail.

Last year, Texas joined more than 30 other states in banning TikTok on government-issued cell phones and computers. A nationwide coalition of professors are suing the state over the ban, arguing it has limited their ability to teach and research the social media app.

I much enjoyed this panel, introduced by Cornell President Martha Pollack and moderated by Cornell Dean of Faculty Eve De Rosa; you can watch it here. My fellow panelist (with whom I largely agreed), Jameel Jaffer, is a former deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and director…

It’s ‘free speech for me, but not for thee’ in his world – he doesn’t like it, he sues

A First Amendment group sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others on Thursday over the state’s TikTok ban on official devices

The whistleblower forced US intelligence agencies to admit extensive spying on their own citizens. Some reforms were enacted but Snowden still faces potentially 30 years in prison

The news media has greeted the supposed scandal of Biden’s mishandling of classified documents with breathless glee

System whereby government classifies 50m documents a year threatens national security and democracy, says Jameel Jaffer

Twitter owner accuses journalists of endangering his family as press groups condemn suspensions.

Press advocates said the move sets a dangerous precedent and worried about future moves against journalists who cover the billionaire.

Biden faces a renewed push, domestically and internationally, to drop charges against Assange, who is languishing in a UK jail