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DARE: What Can Be Done To Fight Back Against Ransomware Attacks

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Computer systems of cities and towns across America hit by ransomware attacks. ABC faces criticism for hiring former White House press secretary Sean... More

DARE: Facebook Launches ‘Clear History’ Tool–but It Won’t Delete Anything

News DigestAugust 21, 2019

Facebook launches 'clear history' feature in three countries, allowing users to see how Facebook tracks them across the wider web and 'disconnecting' but... More

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DARE: Trump Consultant Is Trolling Democrats With Biden Site That Isn’t Biden’s

News DigestJuly 1, 2019

Fake website for Biden campaign, operated by Trump consultant, attracts more views than real Biden campaign website. (See PEN America's report on... More

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News DigestMay 17, 2019

Startup company provides support for targets of online harassment through employee benefits for businesses to purchase. (See PEN America's resources and... More

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DARE: Fake News Is Getting a Big Boost from Real Companies

News DigestMay 10, 2019

Advertising companies boost fake news as spread of disinformation overwhelms easy access to quality journalism. (See PEN America's most recent report on... More

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DARE: If There Is a Free-Speech ‘Crisis’ on Campus, Lawmakers Are Making It Worse

News DigestApril 2, 2019

PEN America releases new report on the state of free expression on college campuses at a time of heightened political polarization. (Find the report here.) Organizations across the political... More

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DARE: Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall

News DigestFebruary 15, 2019

President Trump declares national emergency to receive funds for border wall, sparking debate over executive authority; lawmakers yesterday promised... More

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DARE: How 3 Actors Overcame Trump’s Travel Ban to Take the New York Stage

News DigestDecember 3, 2018

Three actors, two from Iran and one from Syria, travel from London to Brooklyn for the New York performance of The Jungle, a new British play set in the... More

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President Trump declares he won’t hold Saudi rulers accountable for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, putting preference on arms sales and... More

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SOUTH TO AMERICA is "an essential meditation on the South, its relationship to American culture—even Americanness itself," wrote Tayari Jones in @nytimes.

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flfreedomread Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread ·
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Yesterday we logged almost 200 challenges- about 150 of those resulted in immediate removals.

This is a picture of all the books removed from one HS library, in one day, in one District, due to the objections of one man.

This is not freedom. #FreeTheBooks

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More book purging in FLORIDA https://twitter.com/FLFreedomRead/status/1620457139272814593

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