The PEN Pod: On NSO Group Accountability, Payroll Credit for Compensation of Local News Journalists, and Eliminating Facial Recognition Technology from Facebook
“People are unmoored in terms of where to get credible information, and local news really used to fill that void and be a kind of informational anchor for people.” More
DARE: How trolls manipulate the media
Dozens of U.S. states are set to launch antitrust and privacy investigations into Facebook and Google as scrutiny of the big tech firms increases. More
DARE: Bipartisan Senators Introduce Bill to Challenge New EPA Policy and Supreme Court Ruling on FOIA
Legislation introduced in Congress to challenge EPA's proposed rule changes that would narrow freedom of information access brings together bipartisan... More
DARE: ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driver’s License Databases
Immigration and Customs Enforcement used facial recognition technology to cull through drivers' license photos without drivers' knowledge in at least two... More
DARE: Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to Leave the White House
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, known to have repeated and propagated numerous falsehoods on behalf of President Trump and for having... More
DARE: Julian Assange ‘Too Ill’ to Appear for Court Hearing, Says Lawyer
Julian Assange’s lawyers argue he is too ill to appear in court. (See PEN America’s statement on the indictment against Assange.) The Supreme Court rules... More
DARE: In Iowa, Even a Book Club Is a 2020 Campaign Stop
Book clubs become campaign stops for 2020 presidential hopefuls. Amazon shareholders vote down proposal to reconsider how the company sells surveillance... More
DARE: Lou Dobbs Says White House Should ‘Assign’ Someone to ‘Slap the Hell out Of’ Reporters at Briefing
Attacks on relevant questions that journalists ask of Trump administration continues, picked up by the Cabinet officials, spokespersons, and TV hosts. President Trump’s personal lawyer seeks to block Stormy… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., October 1
Khadija Ismayilova still hopeful, a Turkish columnist is injured in an assault, and a Kenyan governor drives journalists from his county. More