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DARE: Election officials move closer to placing new rules on Facebook and Google

News DigestNovember 21, 2017

Election officials moved towards regulating political ads on online platforms including Facebook and Google. White House aides said to have given up on... 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: Richard Spencer’s supporters sue universities for not allowing speeches

News DigestOctober 24, 2017

Supporters of far-right provocateur Richard Spencer are suing public universities in Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in efforts to force schools to allow him to speak on campus ... More

DARE: U.S. lawmakers want crackdown on Facebook, Twitter political ads

News DigestOctober 20, 2017

Senators unveil bill that would put transparency requirements on political ads carried by Facebook, Google, and Twitter, and the audiences they target. More

DARE: NFL owners emerge from full day of meetings without requirement for players to stand for anthem

News DigestOctober 18, 2017

NFL owners cede to players’ demands to be able to protest, and agree to work with them on social justice issues at the core of #TakeAKnee. President Trump’s pick... More

DARE: Roger Goodell sends letter to NFL teams, wants players to stand during anthem

News DigestOctober 11, 2017

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell tells team owners to ensure players stand during the national anthem, hours after the president tweets a call to revoke the league's tax breaks... More

DARE: Trump knocks some news media for coverage of his Puerto Rico visit

News DigestOctober 4, 2017

President Trump dismisses news coverage countering his “great day” in Puerto Rico, tweeting "The Fake News Media is out of control!" With Senate Intelligence Committee leaders expected to endorse... More

DARE: Angry Viewers Are In No Mood To Laugh At Sean Spicer’s Emmy Jokes

News DigestSeptember 18, 2017

Spicer’s tenure serving in the Trump administration was marked by frequent controversies. Members of the viewing public were quick to call out the problem with allowing Spicer himself to… More

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PEN America joins PEN Myanmar in calling for release of Myanmar photojournalists detained in Bangladesh

AdvocacySeptember 17, 2017

Police in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, arrested two Myanmar photojournalists, Min Zeyar Oo and Hkun Lat, on assignment in Cox's Bazar for the German magazine GEO to report on the… More

DARE: Conservatives, liberals unite against Silicon Valley

News DigestSeptember 13, 2017

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

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