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Illustration of Vladimir Putin sitting on a copy machine with his finger on the copy machine’s button. Copies of his face sit in the print area. On the upper left corner is the text “The Creation of the ‘law of foreign agents’ ...”

Nobel Prize to Dmitry Muratov is a Sign that the World Should Unite to Confront Kremlin’s Foreign Agent Law

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By: Polina Sadovskaya | October 15, 2021

The Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov is an important step to acknowledge the crackdown on independent media by authoritarian regimes. More

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The PEN Pod: On Belarus, Hong Kong, and Free Speech Rights for Students

InterviewJune 25, 2021

“We’ve come to recognize how vitally important it is to educated young people on free speech rights, and that isn’t being systematically done.” More

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New Pledges Not Credible Without Action, Say Press Freedom Groups

Open LetterJuly 11, 2019

On 9 July, 33 press freedom and media development organisations met in London to call on all participating States to ensure the safety of all journalists. More

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Ron Chernow Stands for Press Freedom at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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By: Ron Chernow | April 30, 2019

Ron Chernow delivered a rousing speech in defense of press freedom and the First Amendment at the 2019 White House Correspondents' Dinner. More

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DARE: Google AI Ethics Council Is Falling Apart after a Week

News DigestApril 8, 2019

Google's external ethics board on artificial intelligence suffers early setback as a privacy expert member withdraws and another member is subject to public petition for removal. Nation's largest TV… More

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DARE: On Amazon, a QAnon Conspiracy Book Climbs the Charts—with an Algorithmic Push

News DigestMarch 5, 2019

Amazon's algorithms push “QAnon: An Invitation to the Great Awakening,” a book supportive of the QAnon conspiracy to the top of its best seller list. More

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PEN America Calls for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo’s Immediate, Unconditional Release

Open LetterNovember 5, 2018

We believe that that Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo should never have been arrested in the first place, let alone prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned. More

DARE: ‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration

News DigestOctober 22, 2018

Trump Administration reported to be considering dramatic roll back in recognition and civil rights protection of transgender people. More

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DARE: Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ if Saudis killed Jamal Khashoggi

News DigestOctober 15, 2018

President Trump now says there will be “severe punishment” if Saudi Arabia is found to have murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. More

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DARE: Trump to Female Reporter: ‘I Know You’re Not Thinking. You Never Do.’

News DigestOctober 2, 2018

Trump insults ABC reporter Cecelia Vega at White House press conference saying she never thinks; White House then edits transcript to omit the swipe by changing "think" to "thank."… More

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flfreedomread Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread ·
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Yesterday we logged almost 200 challenges- about 150 of those resulted in immediate removals.

This is a picture of all the books removed from one HS library, in one day, in one District, due to the objections of one man.

This is not freedom. #FreeTheBooks

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More book purging in FLORIDA https://twitter.com/FLFreedomRead/status/1620457139272814593

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DeSantis' "disturbing pattern of silencing Black voices and aggressive attempts to erase Black history is one of the most visible examples of performative white supremacy since the presidency of Donald Trump"—@JNelsonLDF

#BlackHistoryMonth Read free: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/opinion/ron-desantis-black-history.html?unlocked_article_code=ihVqWDErMhDhg6k3c2neR43rmBDQJ-ZGYT0K4vIFW1656Ol0iuuZCoNguhERybhjjHxY_on_saXa1h9dkfw4PMDyAPhEB81Z2MpF4xFhXcbJwvM3ob4crJCqdCgSJqnNfCO6oS-22DixWt6x8kbeIm5sTyHf_GuWD9-Z0qQ1WQNc1xI8CWRh9RZWEiM_VppdwfREB89x9Hw6BWDN-Srt5ATsifYAGobICcqo3HRKlmhVrGEsAWrxXhQ-GJpCUKKAt5ClgarNNHZl6yQ8wQ26Y6UQ5HIuR4kR-0CMl0d3rx1RpK92k07qb6HFWf07qSe8morMKPioGBNgZFVkqtJA7AHGwro&smid=share-url

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