# Cellphone jamming threatens to silence incarcerated journalists

> A commentary published by The Objective argues that a proposed FCC policy allowing cellphone jamming in prisons would curtail reporting by incarcerated journalists, including in Georgia. The author, w…

**Published**: 2026-09-25
**Source**: https://gps.press/gps-news/cellphone-jamming-threatens-to-silence-incarcerated-journalists/
**Author**: GPS Staff

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A commentary published by The Objective argues that a proposed FCC policy allowing cellphone jamming in prisons would curtail reporting by incarcerated journalists, including in Georgia. The author, writing under the pseudonym Jimmy Iakovos and identified as a journalist incarcerated in Georgia, says the Georgia Department of Corrections has prioritized removing and blocking cellphones and supports FCC rules that would…