Iran’s Abusive Internet Shutdown Illustrates Dangers of ‘National Internet’
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OPINION | Journalists are first responders too: We need reporters on the front lines in real time
In a NYT opinion, a historian said of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918: “the most important lesson ... Tell the truth.”
@summerelopez of @PENamerica writes
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-journalists-are-first-responders-too-20200331-x6np2vywsjemra6ndfry767aua-story.html
Loved doing #thePENpod for @penamerica about the attacks from the administration on free expression during this pandemic. Listen here: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/episodes/Episode-9-Reza-Aslan-on-Attacks-to-Free-Expression-During-the-Pandemic-ec1541/a-a1q58u0
A prominent Pakistani journalist who fled the country after receiving death threats has gone missing in Sweden where he had been granted political asylum. https://bit.ly/3aJvNOI