Ricochet Refresh 3.0.19 is out (and at FOSDEM)
Blueprint will be at FOSDEM ‘24 - read about the latest progress with Ricochet Refresh, our open source private and anonymous messenger
Greece sets up National Cybersecurity Authority
The country’s Education Ministry suffered significant disruption in 2023
Blueprint Whistleblowing Prizes for 2023 Announced
Blueprint for Free Speech today launched its annual prizes recognising whistleblowers from five regions for their courage in speaking up in the public interest.
David McBride trial opens in Canberra
McBride was awarded Blueprint’s International Whistleblowing Prize for 2022
Open letter: We refuse to let the Anti-SLAPP Directive be a missed opportunity
74 civil society organisations have written to the EU institutions and the Ministers of Justice of all EU Member States to reiterate their concerns regarding the progess of the anti-SLAPP Directive
German Federal Constitutional Court to consider SLAPP against journalist
Bras dos Santos accompanied Ende Gelände in November 2019 to report on their civil disobedience actions against the environmental devastation caused by lignite mining
France arrests journalist who reported on leaked classified documents
Ariane Lavrilleux questioned by French internal security service during 39 hour ordeal in police custody
PATFox at 40th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime
Project convenes SLAPPs workshop at conference bringing together international experts on financial crime
Interviews with leading anti-SLAPP lawyers: Nicola Canestrini
“The decisive factor in assessing whether a case is a SLAPP is where the power resources are.”
Public Debate regarding Till Lindemann and other Rammstein members
Participation in important public debates must be possible and free of legal intimidation
Encouraging more (and better) anti-SLAPP training
The Council of Europe wants member states to promote anti-SLAPP training - this is what we think they should add
Germany prepares to put whistleblower protection into action
Germany finally backs anonymous reporting in a regulation we welcome (with some caveats)