DARE: YouTube shooting: Female suspect ‘angry over video postings’
Person who opened fire at YouTube headquarters reported to have believed video site was censoring her. President Trump, who has not held a solo news conference since February 2017,… More
DARE: Winners and losers from Trump’s State of the Union address
President Trump’s first State of the Union address appraised on 2018 scale of truthfulness, divisiveness, and adherence to rule of law. New health care company announced by Amazon and… More
Vote to Reauthorize Warrantless Surveillance a Blow to Free Expression
The House vote to reauthorize warrantless surveillance poses an acute threat to free expression across the globe, but it is doubly concerning given President Trump's apparent willingness to target… More
PEN Gravely Concerned by British Government’s Spying on Amnesty International
The British government’s admission that it spied on Amnesty International is a shocking example of how easily mass surveillance programs can be abused. More
USA Freedom Act First Step Towards Dismantling Surveillance but Reforms Still Needed
The signing into law of the USA Freedom Act is a milestone moment in the fight for surveillance reform, PEN American Center said today. More
PEN Opposes Re-authorization of Patriot Act Surveillance Programs without Reform
PEN strongly opposes Senator Mitch McConnell's effort to summarily reauthorize the Patriot Act's provisions on mass surveillance in their current form without any debate. More
PEN Welcomes UN Action on Right to Privacy
The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to establish a new Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy is a welcome move towards greater protection of human rights in an… More
Wikimedia joins civil rights groups in lawsuit against NSA internet spying
The Wikimedia Foundation, Amnesty International and a host of civil rights groups sued the National Security Agency and the US Department of Justice on Tuesday challenging the mass surveillance… More
The ACLU and Wikipedia are Suing the NSA
Every day, millions of communications move in and out of the country, swept up and collected along the way by the NSA’s all-reaching surveillance dragnet. Every week, we learn… More
The ACLU sues the NSA over mass Internet ‘upstream’ surveillance
Tuesday morning, in U.S. District Court in Maryland, the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of organizations including the Wikimedia Foundation, PEN American Center, Amnesty International and Human Rights… More