DARE: Lawmakers Held a Hearing on White Nationalism. On YouTube, It Was Immediately Attacked with Hate Speech.
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
DARE: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees
State Department excludes its press corps from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and says it won't distribute a transcript or list of... More
#KeepItOn Coalition Urges Government to Keep the Internet Open and Secure in Zimbabwe
Joint Statement by the #KeepItOn Coalition Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe Your Excellency Minister Kazembe Kazembe, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, We are writing… More
DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border
Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More
DARE: A Judge May Soon Decide Whether Trump Must Unblock People on Twitter
Federal court hearing to be held on case of Twitter users blocked by Trump. Florida middle school teacher is relieved of duties amid revelations of a white supremacist podcast… More
DARE: A wedding cake is an ‘artistic expression’ that a baker may deny to a same-sex couple, Calif. judge rules
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
DARE: Conservatives, liberals unite against Silicon Valley
With Democrats talking tough about applying antitrust scrutiny to “Big Tech” and Republicans condemning internet firms for their snap judgments about who gets to say what online, tech is… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
White House finds few are interested in the press secretary role; secrecy abounds in drafting Senate Republicans' healthcare legislation; Mexican government's misuse of spyware to target journalists and critics… More
In Bid for Total Control, China Begins Censoring Celebrity Gossip
China bans celebrity news in latest bid to control flow of information on the Internet. More
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Unrest continues across Papua and West Papua. An Indonesian court ruled on Wednesday that the government's decision to rein in internet speeds in a bid to contain civil unrest in the country's easternmost region of Papua last year was unlawful. More on https://nyti.ms/3gWoWoH