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Threat to Arrest Those Who Spread Disinformation About Coronavirus Likely Unconstitutional

Press ReleaseMarch 11, 2020

(New York) – On Tuesday, the public safety director of Newark, New Jersey warned that people who spread disinformation about the coronavirus could be criminally prosecuted. PEN America’s Nora… More

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Poetry

By: Peter Balakian | April 16, 2015

I tried to imagine the Vilna ghetto, / to see a persimmon tree after the flash at Nagasaki. / Because my own tree had been hacked, / I tried… More

Threat to Arrest Those Who Spread Disinformation About Coronavirus Likely Unconstitutional

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