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DARE: A wedding cake is an ‘artistic expression’ that a baker may deny to a same-sex couple, Calif. judge rules

News DigestFebruary 7, 2018

California judge rules that forcing a baker to provide a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage over her religious objections violates her free speech rights in a case similar… More

Jairo Lopez

HONDURAS: Concerns for the safety of journalist Jairo López following smear campaign

Rapid ActionFebruary 24, 2017

PEN is seriously concerned for the safety of PEN Honduras member and journalist Jairo López, who is facing threats following a smear campaign. López, who hosts the TV News… More

Honduras: Ban on Julio Ernesto Alvarado’s Reporting Lifted

AdvocacyDecember 17, 2015

The Honduran state has finally suspended the court-imposed work ban that has prevented Globo TV journalist and PEN Honduras member Julio Ernesto Alvarado from presenting his nightly news show… More

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Social media co’s are NOT enforcing their policies to limit disinfo, violence, other violative content. It’s not abt free speech, it’s abt companies doing what they’ve promised consumers. I @freepress wrote a report on tech failures in policy & practice:https://www.freepress.net/policy-library/empty-promises-inside-big-techs-weak-effort-fight-hate-and-lies-2022

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"There was this history professor called Arthur Hibbert... he said, 'You should never write history until you can hear the people speak'... and I thought what a great piece of advice for a novelist," @SalmanRushdie tells David Remnick.

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