In a Moment of Dire Threat to Free Expression, PEN America Literary Gala Celebrates Writers, Visionaries, and Truth-Tellers
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: “In unimaginable times, we need the imagination, and specifically authors’ imaginations as manifest in the written word, to force us to reckon with… More
Margaret Atwood & Penguin Random House Fight Censorship with an “Unburnable” Edition of The Handmaid’s Tale; Book Auction Proceeds to Benefit PEN America
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said: "If there is anyone who can ensure that the book is not consumed, it is Margaret Atwood. She has found a way to fight fire… More
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🧵 PEN America's "Nadine Farid Johnson... testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution... at a hearing titled 'Free Speech: The Biden Administration’s Chilling of Parental Rights'... https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/91869-the-week-in-libraries-march-31-2023.html via @publisherswkly
Newly released details of the Twitter source code reveal that the recommendation algorithm treats tweets differently depending on the source, with labels for "Power User," for "Democrat" and "Republican," and for "author_is_elon." https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/31/twitter-reveals-some-of-its-source-code-including-its-recommendation-algorithm/ #Twitter
“Amid the national uproar about whether to allow students access to a wide variety of books, the superintendent of a Virginia school district this week proposed a sweeping solution: Get rid of school libraries altogether.”