The PEN Pod: Fighting for Artistic Freedom in Myanmar with Karin Deutsch Karlekar and Bart Was Not Here
“It’s really striking to see the degree to which writing is at the heart of what we are debating about. . . . we are seeing just… More
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Infowars host Alex Jones dominated the news last week as an Austin jury awarded $4.1M in compensatory damages and another $45.2M in punitive damages to two Sandy Hook parents.
What Does the Alex Jones Case Mean for the #FirstAmendment and #Disinformation?https://firstamendmentwatch.org/what-does-the-alex-jones-case-mean-for-the-first-amendment-and-disinformation-leading-scholars-lawyers-provide-analysis/
The advocacy group @PENamerica found the scope of book censorship in the U.S. “expanded rapidly” in the last year. #UCSB scholars weigh in. #BookBanning http://ow.ly/FI9g50Keuzx