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Chasm In The Classroom report

Chasm in the Classroom: Campus Free Speech in a Divided America

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Chasm in the Classroom: Campus Free Speech in a Divided America details an array of infringements on speech, both official and informal. More

PEN America's report, Truth on the Ballot: Fraudulent News, the Midterm Elections, and Prospects for 2020

Truth on the Ballot: Fraudulent News, the Midterm Elections, and Prospects for 2020

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With fraudulent news and online disinformation distorting public discourse, eroding faith in journalism, and skewing voting decisions, Truth on the Ballot offers a stark warning about the normalization of… More

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Art Under Pressure: Decree 349 Restricts Creative Freedom in Cuba

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Available in English and Spanish, Art Under Pressure examines the government’s efforts to institutionalize and expand limits on creative expression in Cuba. More

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China’s Tightening Grasp on Social Media Offers a Potent Tool of Repression for President-for-Life Xi Jinping, PEN America Report Warns

Press ReleaseMarch 13, 2018

With an increasing array of technological, legal, and ideological tools at its disposal, Beijing is ever more able and willing to systematically erase expressions of dissent, silencing internet users… More

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Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China

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Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China lays bare the destructive impact of the Chinese government’s vision of “cyber sovereignty” on netizens who dare to dissent. More

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Wrong Answer: How Good Faith Attempts to Address Free Speech and Anti-Semitism on Campus Could Backfire

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In "Wrong Answer: How Good Faith Attempts to Address Free Speech and Anti-Semitism on Campus Could Backfire," PEN America speaks out in response to a spate of legislation and… More

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Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth

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Warning that the spread of "fake news" is reaching a crisis point, Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth evaluates the array of strategies that Facebook,… More

Trump the Truth: Free Expression in the President's First 100 Days

Trump the Truth: Free Expression in the President’s First 100 Days

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PEN America’s new report Trump the Truth: Free Expression in the President’s First 100 Days clocks more than 70 separate instances where President Trump or senior Administration officials have… More

Writing on the Wall Report

Writing on the Wall: Disappeared Booksellers and Free Expression in Hong Kong 

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Writing on the Wall provides the most comprehensive account to date of the disappearance of five Hong Kong booksellers in late 2015, and also examines the wide-reaching impact for Hong… More

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And Campus for All: Diversity, Inclusion, and Freedom of Speech at U.S. Universities

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And Campus for All combines extensive reporting and thorough analysis of all sides of recent debates, as well as three case studies informed by exclusive interviews with protagonists in some… More

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The vagueness is the point. @ThePlumLineGS gets it right. Lawmakers had many chances to make the Don't Say Gay law clearer; they kept it vague. State guidance has also gone further than the original law, w/ worse penalties. Results are #Chilling #EdScare
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