DARE: Election officials move closer to placing new rules on Facebook and Google
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
PEN America joins PEN Myanmar in calling for release of Myanmar photojournalists detained in Bangladesh
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
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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"Like most Americans, you might believe books have a settled status in our culture—that even if they contain sexual material, they’re protected by the #FirstAmendment," writes @dankois.
Now, Republicans in VA are asking a judge to change US obscenity law. https://slate.com/culture/2022/08/book-banning-republicans-gender-queer-obscenity-supreme-court.html
“When we read these books... everyone is in agreement that (they) are very educational and should be allowed in our classrooms,” says Vandegrift High School Banned Book Club co-founder Alyssa Hoy. "They start very tough conversations that need to be had.” https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/how-teens-are-pushing-back-on-book-bans
A teacher in Florida wanted to inspire Black children with pictures of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Colin Powell and George Washington Carver.
He has resigned because, he alleges, a district employee removed the pictures as "age inappropriate."
https://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/escambia-county/2022/08/10/escambia-county-florida-teacher-said-pictures-black-american-leaders-removed-his-class/10276112002
