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Letter to Congress Opposing Federal Law to Impose a Ban on TikTok

LetterMarch 23, 2023

If passed by Congress and enacted into law, a nationwide ban on TikTok would have serious ramifications for free expression in the digital sphere, infringing on Americans’ First Amendment… More

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Splintered Speech: Digital Sovereignty and the Future of the Internet

ReportJune 15, 2021

As authoritarians seize new powers over the internet, this report warns that the global internet is under threat, with serious risks to free speech and freedom of expression online. More

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DARE: Rep. Chris Stewart Defends Trump’s Response to Khashoggi Killing

News DigestDecember 5, 2018

As Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) link Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in... More

DARE: A woman approached The Post with dramatic—and false—tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.

News DigestNovember 28, 2017

Mainstream media detractors stoop to a new level as shadowy group is exposed for a failed effort to convince the Washington Post to believe false... More

DARE: Leak Investigations Rise 800% Under Jeff Sessions

News DigestNovember 15, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions tells Congress that there are 27 open Justice Department investigations into leaks to reporters. The first trials begin for... More

DARE: World Leaders Urge Big Tech to Police Terrorist Content

News DigestSeptember 22, 2017

Heads of state urge tech companies to play a greater role in policing extremist content. President Trump criticizes media attention to Russian involvement in the 2016 election following Facebook's… More

Russia’s Generation Z and the Digital Media Effect

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By: Rachel Caywood, Polina Sadovskaya | May 31, 2017

Young Generation Z has grown up in a time when information about anything in the world is available online, and having experienced that freedom, they are not letting go. More

PEN Joins Fight for Net Neutrality to Promote Creative Freedom

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By: Deji Olukotun | January 30, 2014

PEN joined the fight to keep the Internet open and promote creative freedom in a letter to the FCC today. More

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