PEN America Demands Answers Over Israeli Strike on Building Housing AP, Al Jazeera Offices
Though lives were fortunately spared, the destruction will most certainly hobble the ability for professional journalists to do their work documenting a fraught, complex conflict. More
PEN America: Israel Barring Entry to Omar and Tlaib is Obvious Retaliation
(New York, NY)—Israel today declared it would deny entry to Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar just hours after President Trump urged the Israeli government to do so. PEN… More
DARE: Judge Tosses Russian Trolls’ Free Speech Lawsuit against Facebook
Judge dismisses First Amendment lawsuit brought by Russian news agency against Facebook after social media company took down the agency's page following... More
DARE: CEO Jack Dorsey Suggests Big Change for Twitter, and Users Revolt
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says the social media platform is looking to shift from following individuals to following topics as part of efforts to counter... More
DARE: Facebook Backtracks after Removing Warren Ads Calling for Facebook Breakup
Facebook removes and then reinstates ads placed by presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of the social network... More
DARE: Pro-Russian Twitter Account Used Non-Public Material from Mueller’s Team in Effort to Discredit Russia Probe
Pro-Russian Twitter account found spreading confidential information linked to the Mueller investigation. Facebook and Google face backlash for... More
DARE: As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants
New York Times investigation shows the new breadth of Facebook user 'data-sharing,' including reading of private massages, phone numbers, and calendars... More
DARE: How 3 Actors Overcame Trump’s Travel Ban to Take the New York Stage
Three actors, two from Iran and one from Syria, travel from London to Brooklyn for the New York performance of The Jungle, a new British play set in the... More
Deporting of Writer Taking Part in Palestinian Literature Festival a Concerning Development for Freedom of Association
“Abulhawa’s deportation continues a rising pattern of the suppression and punishment of critical voices by the Israeli government. We call on Israel to uphold its constitutional protections for free… More
Dareen Tatour | Status: Released | Israel
Poet Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who has spent more than two years in jail or under house arrest since October 2015, was convicted on May 3,… More
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