Letter to the UN: The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
The Global Network Initiative has written to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the occasion of an expert seminar on the right to privacy in the digital… More
Reflecting on Harm within Networks
There are plenty of cases where the costs of surveillance are borne by those directly affected or by a class of people who are harmed collectively, but the costs… More
The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance
PEN joins an international day of action to fight mass government surveillance. Find out how you can make a difference. More
Live Debate: The Fate of Edward Snowden
Leading writers, Amy Davidson and Jonathan Capehar, debate the prospect of clemency for NSA leaker, Edward Snowden. Co-hosted by PEN American Center and the Center on National Security at… More
Seven Mind Blowing Articles on Digital Freedom
2013 has been a busy year for human rights and digital technologies. Every day, it seems, new technological developments and scandals promise to dramatically change the human rights landscape.… More
Dave Eggers: US writers must take a stand on NSA surveillance
As the Obama administration responds to the NSA mass surveillance revelations, Dave Eggers reflects on the impact they have had on US writers, and asks if the prevailing sense… More
Chilling Effects: NSA Surveillance Drives U.S. Writers to Self-Censor
The results of PEN America and the FDR group's survey demonstrate that writers are not only overwhelmingly worried about government surveillance, but are engaging in self-censorship as a result. More
Larry Siems about NSA and Digital Surveillance
What kind of harm really comes from the surveillance exposed by Edward Snowden and other activists? We need to know more, says Larry Siems, director of PEN America's… More
United States Accused of Unprecedented Assault on Press Freedom
Press freedom advocates in the United States charge that the administration of President Barack Obama is engaged in a war on “leaks” of secret information that is without parallel… More
German NSA Critic Denied Entry Into United States
On Sept. 30 the German author Ilija Trojanov was checking in for an American Airlines flight from Salvado de Bahia, Brazil, to Miami, en route to Denver, when he… More