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Court grants motion to compel former editor to reveal confidential source

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 5, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Milo Yiannopoulos (Breitbart News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for communications or work product

Nov. 5, 2019: Pending

Oct. 14, 2020: Upheld

Nov. 5, 2020: Ignored

Dec. 7, 2020: Upheld

Dec. 21, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Multimedia journalist assaulted while reporting in Charlotte

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2019
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Targets: Paige Pauroso (WBTV)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Fox News White House correspondent subpoenaed in defamation suit

Incident Details

Date of incident: November 1, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Ellen Ratner (Fox News)

Legal orders →: subpoena for other testimony

Aug. 18, 2019: Pending

Jan. 7, 2020: Carried out
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Tech investor attempts to compel U.S. journalist to identify confidential source

Incident Details

Updated on: June 30, 2021
Date of incident: October 31, 2019
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Marcus Baram (Fast Company)

Legal orders →: subpoena for testimony about confidential source

Oct. 31, 2019: Pending

Feb. 18, 2020: Objected to

Oct. 3, 2020: Upheld

June 30, 2021: Quashed
Legal order target →: Journalist
Legal order venue →: Federal

Editor says arrest is in retaliation for his reporting

Incident Details

Updated on: December 6, 2019
Date of incident: October 25, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)

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White House plans to instruct federal agencies to cancel subscriptions to two major news outlets

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 24, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: The New York Times, The Washington Post

Chilling Statement

California journalists sued for ‘hacking’ city’s open Dropbox folder; barred from publishing

Incident Details

Updated on: May 12, 2021
Date of incident: October 24, 2019
Location: Fullerton, California
Targets: Friends for Fullerton’s Future

Status of prior restraint →: Dropped
Mistakenly released materials? →: Yes

Reporter says White House senior adviser threatened to ‘delve’ into her personal life

Incident Details

Date of incident: October 23, 2019
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Caitlin Yilek (Washington Examiner)

Chilling Statement

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