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DARE: Facebook’s Digital Currency Could Trigger New D.C. Battles

News DigestJune 18, 2019

Facebook launches digital currency, creating new concerns for privacy and transparency. Harvard rescinds offer to Parkland shooting survivor and Turning... More

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DARE: State Department to Launch New Human Rights Panel Stressing ‘Natural Law’

News DigestMay 31, 2019

State Department will launch new panel stressing human rights "natural law," feared by some as an attempt to narrow protections for women and members of the LGBTQ community. More

DARE: Reuters Journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo Receive Pulitzer

News DigestMay 29, 2019

Reuters journalists and PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write honorees Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo receive their Pulitzer Prizes in person weeks after being released... More

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DARE: NSA Recommends Dropping Phone-Surveillance Program

News DigestApril 25, 2019

National Security Agency recommends that the White House drops the phone surveillance program that allows for data collection from millions of phone... More

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DARE: The U.S. Is Now a ‘Noticeably Problematic’ Place to Be a Journalist, Report Shows

News DigestApril 18, 2019

Reporters Without Borders releases its World Press Freedom Index today, noting that the United States has become a 'particularly problematic' place to be... More

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DARE: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates through a Secret Database

News DigestMarch 7, 2019

Leaked documents show the U.S. authorities tracking journalists, lawyers, and immigration advocates at the U.S.-Mexico border. A Florida sixth-grader... More

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DARE: Judge Rejects City of Elkhart’s Subpoena Seeking Records from South Bend Tribune

News DigestFebruary 28, 2019

Federal judge rejects the city of Elkhart’s effort to force the South Bend Tribune to turn over records of its reporting on a wrongful conviction in a... More

DARE: Some of the Popular Images and Themes the Russians Posted on Social Media

News DigestDecember 18, 2018

Further evidence emerges of Russian operatives interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, including by targeting black voters and dissuading... More

DARE: Facebook Identifies New Influence Operations Spanning Globe

News DigestAugust 22, 2018

Facebook and Twitter identify and shut down multiple accounts linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns aimed at users in several countries including the U.S. More

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DARE: Congressman Jim Jordan Blasts CNN for Doing Actual Journalism

News DigestJuly 12, 2018

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) criticizes CNN journalists for contacting former staff and interns in their efforts to cover accusations of complicity in sexual abuse at Ohio State University, standard… More

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