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DARE: Facebook Has a New Rapid Response Team to Prevent Fueling Violence

News DigestJune 21, 2019

Facebook creates new strategic task force to provide rapid response review of content in effort to avoid fueling violent conflict. Republican Senator... More

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DARE: Judge Awards $4.1 Million in Neo-Nazi Website Lawsuit

News DigestJune 17, 2019

Federal judge finds neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer did not engage in protected speech when falsely accusing radio show host of terrorism. President Trump... More

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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: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees

News DigestMarch 19, 2019

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

AdvocacyJanuary 16, 2019

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

News DigestJune 21, 2018

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

Take Back the Net: Fighting Online Hate

Saturday, April 21, 2018 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
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DARE: A Judge May Soon Decide Whether Trump Must Unblock People on Twitter

News DigestMarch 8, 2018

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

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

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