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DARE: New ABA Survey Reveals Gaps in Americans’ Civic Knowledge

News DigestMay 2, 2019

American Bar Association survey finds significant gaps in Americans' civic knowledge and education, including with regards to First Amendment rights... More

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DARE: Lawmakers Held a Hearing on White Nationalism. On YouTube, It Was Immediately Attacked with Hate Speech.

News DigestApril 10, 2019

Commenting on livestream of House lawmakers’ hearing on Facebook, Google, hate speech, and the rise of white nationalism suspended by YouTube as vitriol surges. New study shows significantly reduced… More

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DARE: Facebook and Google to Be Quizzed on White Nationalism and Political Bias as Congress Pushes Dueling Reasons for Regulation

News DigestApril 9, 2019

Lawmakers to question representatives from Facebook and Google, focusing in particular on white nationalist and hateful content and prospects for regulation. Rep. David Nunes (R-Calif.) sues the McClatchy newspaper… More

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DARE: Google AI Ethics Council Is Falling Apart after a Week

News DigestApril 8, 2019

Google's external ethics board on artificial intelligence suffers early setback as a privacy expert member withdraws and another member is subject to public petition for removal. Nation's largest TV… More

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DARE: Georgia House Republicans File Bill to Create State Journalism Ethics Board

News DigestApril 3, 2019

Republican state lawmakers in Georgia propose a state ethics board for journalists, raising First Amendment issues of government control of the press. New lawsuit filed by former U.S. intelligence… More

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DARE: Most Americans Think That Local News Is Doing Well Financially, and Not Many Pay for It

News DigestMarch 27, 2019

As local news coverage shrinks precipitously, study shows only 14 percent of surveyed news consumers have paid for or given money to local news of any... More

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DARE: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) Slams ‘Toothless’ Federal Response to Privacy Abuses at Facebook and Google

News DigestMarch 11, 2019

Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) issues rebuke of the Federal Trade Commission, charging that regulators 'failed' to protect consumers and their personal data... More

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DARE: On Amazon, a QAnon Conspiracy Book Climbs the Charts—with an Algorithmic Push

News DigestMarch 5, 2019

Amazon's algorithms push “QAnon: An Invitation to the Great Awakening,” a book supportive of the QAnon conspiracy to the top of its best seller list. More

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DARE: Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested after Dispute with Teacher over Pledge of Allegiance

News DigestFebruary 19, 2019

A sixth-grader in Florida is facing misdemeanor charges for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Nonprofit organization Fight for the Future... More

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President Trump’s Character Assassination Against the Press Is Irresponsible, Manifestly Dangerous

Press ReleaseFebruary 12, 2019

Yet again we see evidence that President Trump's steady campaign of character assassination being waged against the news media is not just irresponsible but manifestly dangerous.  Those present at… More

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The vagueness is the point. @ThePlumLineGS gets it right. Lawmakers had many chances to make the Don't Say Gay law clearer; they kept it vague. State guidance has also gone further than the original law, w/ worse penalties. Results are #Chilling #EdScare
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