DARE: Brett Favre ‘Sickened’ after Being Tricked into Recording Anti-Semitic Video for White Supremacists
Celebrities including Brett Favre and Soulja Boy say they were tricked into recording white supremacist videos. UC Berkeley to settle free speech lawsuit... More
DARE: On Thanksgiving Eve, Facebook Acknowledges Details of Times Investigation
One week after New York Times investigation, Facebook acknowledges having created and propagated misleading and false content on its platform in a bid to... More
DARE: White House Drops Effort to Suspend Press Pass for CNN’s Jim Acosta; Outlines Rules to Reporters
White House reverses itself, fully restoring Jim Acosta's press pass and prompting CNN to drop lawsuit. Letter from senior White House communications... More
DARE: CNN’s First Legal Threshold in Acosta Case: A Temporary Restraining Order
First hearing scheduled for today in CNN suit against the president and top aides over denying correspondent Jim Acosta his credentials to cover the White.. More
PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel’s Statement on First Amendment Rights on Campus
We at PEN America work extensively on issues related to campus speech, and have long expressed concern with growing attacks on inclusiveness, diversity, and tolerance in higher education. More
DARE: New York Review of Books Editor Is Out Amid Uproar Over #MeToo Essay
New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma is abruptly ousted amid furor over publication of essay by former Canadian radio journalist Jian Ghomeshi. More
Department of Education Reopening Case against Rutgers Could Pave the Way for Infringements on Free Speech
“Putting aside the motives behind OCR’s decision to revisit this old case, the invocation of this broad definition of anti-Semitism in the context of a civil rights investigation runs… More
DARE: ’60 Minutes’ producer Jeff Fager fired after sending CBS reporter ‘unacceptable’ message
Longtime 60 Minutes boss Jeff Fager ousted, purportedly over a harsh message to a reporter demanding fair coverage of #MeToo accusations against him. More
DARE: “The Trump Administration Wants to Tax Protests. What Happened to Free Speech?”
The federal government wants protesters to have to pay to use parks, sidewalks, and other public spaces in Washington, DC. A group of U.S. senators urge the Secretary of… More
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