Protecting Your Devices—and Your Privacy—During Protests
At protests, any devices you bring are susceptible to damage, loss, or surveillance. Here are some steps you can take to protect yourself and others. More
DARE: What Can Be Done To Fight Back Against Ransomware Attacks
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: Judge Rejects City of Elkhart’s Subpoena Seeking Records from South Bend Tribune
Federal judge rejects the city of Elkhart’s effort to force the South Bend Tribune to turn over records of its reporting on a wrongful conviction in a... More
DARE: U.S. Lawmakers Demand Justice for Jamal Khashoggi
One hundred days after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi officials, PEN America President Jennifer Egan joins members of Congress and... More
DARE: Anchors Scramble to Fact-Check Trump After Prime-Time Address
TV networks try real-time fact-checking on presidential address after agreeing to grant live broadcast. Federal court rules that elected official in... More
DARE: Facebook Sued by District of Columbia Over Cambridge Analytica
District of Columbia sues Facebook for allowing Cambridge Analytica to access and use data from the platform's users. Activists call on Disney to drop... More
DARE: Washington Post Prints Blank Column to Back Saudi Columnist Missing in Turkey
The Washington Post leaves blank the space usually filled with a column by Jamal Khashoggi, an opinion writer and Saudi national who has not been seen since he entered… More
FBI’s Seizure of Journalist’s Records a Troubling Step Requiring Government Explanation
“The fact that the FBI seized a journalists’ personal and professional phone and email records going back years, will cast an inevitable chill on newsgathering at a time when… More
DARE: CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Will Rank News Outlets By Trustworthiness
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells media executives that system ranking news organizations based on trustworthiness and promotes content based on that metric is in place. News business analyst shows… More
DARE: U.S. Falls to 45th on Press Freedom Index, Trump Labeled ‘Media-Bashing Enthusiast’
A 2018 World Press Freedom Index ranks the United States at 45th, down two places from 2017, and outlines growing antipathy to the press and its part as an… More
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Consultants for Florida Power & Light, the largest electric utility in the US, conducted surveillance on a Jacksonville journalist. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/24/a-florida-power-company-didnt-like-a-journalists-commentary-its-consultants-had-him-followed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#CUBA: PEN International, @PENamerica and @PENCubaExilio condemn “cruel and inhumane” prison sentences imposed without “legal merit” on Cuban artist-activists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez: https://pen-international.org/news/prison-sentences-for-luis-manuel-and-maykel-osorbo-condemned @PEN_LAC
