Resources
Resources
The institutions that defend speech, press freedom and due process in practice. Courts, hotlines, emergency funds and the people who staff them.
Free Expression & Civil Liberties
FIREThe Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression litigates speech and due process cases without regard to the speaker’s politics, and publishes plain language guides on your rights under institutional pressure.LitigationCato InstituteSustained scholarship on surveillance authorities, encryption policy and the Fourth Amendment, plus regular Supreme Court amicus work on speech and privacy questions.Policy researchEFF Surveillance Self-DefenseThe most practical free security curriculum available. Threat modelling first, then tool selection, which is the correct order and the one most guides get backwards.Training
Journalist Defense
Freedom of the Press FoundationBuilds SecureDrop, runs newsroom digital security training, and maintains the US Press Freedom Tracker documenting arrests and equipment seizures.ToolingCommittee to Protect JournalistsEmergency assistance worldwide including relocation, legal aid and medical costs. The CPJ Digital Safety Kit is the best free starting point for threat modelling.Emergency aidReporters Committee HotlineFree legal help for reporters facing subpoenas, records denials, prior restraint or arrest. Staffed by media lawyers, at no cost to the journalist.Legal hotline
Nothing here is legal advice. If you are in immediate danger, the CPJ and Reporters Committee lines above are staffed by people whose job is exactly that. Software for privacy and source protection is listed under Tooling.