DARE: How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral
POLITICO describes how the #releasethememo campaign was fueled by “computational propaganda,’’ including Russian bots that gamed social media in a disinformation campaign largely successful in confusing and distracting the… More
DARE: #WomenBoycottTwitter, Supporting Rose McGowan
Some #WomenBoycottTwitter after actress Rose McGowan has her account temporarily blocked amid growing outrage at Hollywood's silence over sexual assault of women; others reject the boycott as silencing. More
DARE: New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Trump administration issues revised travel ban, with more countries' citizens barred indefinitely from entering the United States. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Amid an ongoing investigation of his son’s ties with Russia, President Trump took to Twitter this weekend to defend Donald Jr., Delta counters Ann Coulter Twitter tirade, denouncing the… More
DARE To Be Informed
Gabe Rottman, PEN America Washington director, writes: “Our national commitment to free speech rests on a thin reed: that we can speak without fear..." More
HONDURAS: PEN Honduras Member Convicted at Sentencing Court
On Wednesday June 7, 2017, Cesario Alejandro Félix Padilla Figueroa, a member of PEN Honduras, was found guilty of the crime of "usurpation" at the National Autonomous University of… More
BANGLADESH: Government directive for officials to monitor journalists abroad restricts free expression
NEW YORK—The government of Bangladesh’s May 17 directive for its international diplomatic missions to monitor the activities of Bangladeshi journalists traveling abroad encourages self-censorship and is an underhanded maneuver… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Berkeley cancels speaker amid protests while Trump threatens its funding, French press removed from far right press conference, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Pundits and editors debate when to call a lie a lie. China responds to Trump tweet on North Korea, vowing not to pay attention to "features of a foreign… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Pundits and editors debate when to call a lie a lie. China responds to Trump tweet on North Korea, vowing not to pay attention to "features of a foreign… More
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