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Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources by jedberg on Friday May 01, 2020 @07:09PM (#23047437)
If it said "belongs to a recognized news org" I'll bet the Washington Post would figure out a way to allow you to affiliate yourself with them so you can use E2EE.

Or someone could start a news org and get "recognized" and then allow anyone to affiliate.

People are creative. They'll find a workaround.

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Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources by pmiller2 on Friday May 01, 2020 @09:10PM (#23048166)
> Washington Post

Only if Jeff Bezos wants us to be "affiliated" with them. Same goes for every other media outlet, and their respective billionaire owners.

When your "workaround" depends on the benevolence of billionaires, it isn't a very good workaround.

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Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources by jedberg on Friday May 01, 2020 @09:15PM (#23048202)
Who said anything about benevolent billionaires?

I could start a "news" organization and allow anyone to affiliate. We'd publish articles on our online newspaper once a week. Maybe hire a correspondent to be part of the White House press pool.

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Re:New bill threatens journalists’ ability to protect sources by pmiller2 on Friday May 01, 2020 @09:49PM (#23048378)
You can start a “news” organization, but would it be recognized? You keep saying “people are clever,” but somehow don’t seem to realize that legislators and judges are people, too. And, they’re the ones with the power here.
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