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Tunisian police has stormed Al Jazeera’s bureau in the capital Tunis, expelling all the staff, after President Kais Saied late on Sunday ousted the government in a move his foes called a coup. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/26/tunisia-police-storm-al-jazeera-office-in-tunis

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"The collapse of local news is a significant reason why an uninformed citizenry has lately been disrupting democratic governance." In this piece for @Monthly, @stevenwaldman argues that local news is our best defense against COVID misinformation. https://bit.ly/3zJnQ8G

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In the wake of the #Pegasus revelations, we at PEN America joined dozens of partners and experts in calling for an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology. Read more here. https://bit.ly/3zEruAu

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