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The bill, titled the Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression Act, would define the term covered journalist as someone who gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, or publishes news or information that concerns news events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public.
Under this legislation, the federal government would be prohibited from compelling electronic storage service providers to provide documents or information regarding a covered journalist or their personal devices. It would also require the federal government to provide reporters the opportunity to respond to demands for records.
These standards would apply to emails, telephones and third-party providers that could reveal who a journalist s source is.
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