DARE: FCC chairman says social media platforms lack transparency in how they restrict conservative content
Ahead of the FCC's vote on net neutrality, chairman Ajit Pai takes aim at social media platforms' lack of transparency in their decisions to restrict... More
Met Breuer Offers Commendable Approach to Controversial Works and Peaceful Protesters
The protesters merit applause for working with the museum to broadcast their message non-violently and with respect for the museum’s commitment to artistic freedom. More
Demands that Met Museum Censor Art Deflect Debate from Achieving Justice and Equality
Some advocates seem to have decided that artists and art institutions represent soft targets, more vulnerable to public campaigns than are the actual power structures that perpetuate the ills… More
Supreme Court Allowing Trump Travel Ban to Go into Effect a Temporary Victory for Administration
We will fight to ensure that every American can exercise their constitutional right to meet face-to-face with writers and artists from around the world. More
Transfer of Oleg Sentsov to High-Security Prison a Sinister Move to Punish Free Expression
Upon his transfer to a high-security facility for those convicted of serious offenses, let us remember that Oleg Sentsov has yet to commit a crime. More
Protecting Artists is More Important Now Than Ever
ARC operates under the belief that in order to have a truly free society, we must have freedom of artistic expression—uninhibited creativity devoid of all forms of censorship. More
PEN America Launches Groundbreaking Initiative to Protect At-Risk Artists Worldwide
Artist at Risk Connection (ARC), an online collaboration that provide resources to artists who face persecution and violence for their work, launches today. More
DARE: Guggenheim, Bowing to Animal-Rights Activists, Pulls Works From Show
Guggenheim pulls three controversial works for from exhibition, citing threats from animal rights activists. Protests planned for speech by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the topic of free speech... More
Arts Community Rallies Against Muslim Travel Ban
Thirty arts groups—including PEN America, the Sundance Institute, Americans for the Arts, and the Future of Music Coalition—have jointly filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to strike… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
UN human rights chief condemns Trump's attacks on the media during the campaign-style rally in Phoenix, noting that these comments have global repercussions. House net neutrality hearing, originally set… More
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