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Advisory: Dangerous Expansion of the Federal Wiretap Law

https://timburkelegalfund.org/#four

Journalists, podcasters, & digital media professionals beware: the U.S. government is currently advancing a legal theory under 18 U.S.C. § 2511—the federal wiretap statute—that threatens to criminalize the mere act of downloading publicly available videos or listening to podcasts. This interpretation risks not only chilling investigative journalism but undermines the very foundation of freedom of the press.