About Us

The mission, values, and people behind Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Harlo FPF Digital Security Expert

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Protecting and defending press freedom when we need it most

At Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), we build secure communications tools used by many of the world’s top investigative news organizations. We teach journalists how to keep themselves and their sources safe in the digital age. We monitor and document virtually every press freedom violation in the U.S. And we engage in advocacy to defend the public’s right to know. In defense of democracy, we protect press freedom.

“A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know.” — Judge Murray Gurfein, Pentagon Papers case, June 19, 1971

FPF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2012.

100+

Tools & Technology

Installations of SecureDrop by major news organizations across the globe

8,800+

Digital Security

Journalists who have attended at least one of our trainings in the last five years

2,000+

Tracking & Reporting

Published reports of press freedom incidents across the country on U.S. Press Freedom Tracker

880+

Advocacy

Citations or quotes in the media in the last year

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