A Stand for Democracy in the Digital Age
More than 500 writers around the world have issued an open letter calling for the right to privacy in the digital realm. More
PEN Urges Tech Companies to Support Global Government Surveillance Reform Principles
PEN American Center welcomes the announcement this morning by Apple, Google, Facebook, and other leading technology companies of an open letter calling on the U.S. government to adopt proposed… More
PEN Protects Your Writing in the Cloud by Joining Coalition for ECPA Reform
The U.S. government thinks it can read your writing in the cloud without a warrant. You can help us stop them. More
PEN American Center Submits Amicus Curiae Brief in Landmark Lawsuit Against NSA
The National Security Administration’s routine, comprehensive surveillance inhibits the evolution of thought and ideas, PEN American Center argues in an amicus brief submitted to a California federal court in… More
Government Spying Causing American Writers to Self-Censor: Report
A telling new report by the PEN American Center shows that many American writers are self-censoring their work out of fear of government surveillance.The report, titled “Chilling Effects: NSA… More
Survey: 85 Percent of US Writers Concerned About Government Surveillance
According to a PEN American Center and FDR Group survey, 33 percent of US writers have avoided certain topics in phone conversations or e-mail or have considered doing so… More
Why Are Writers Being Curbed by NSA Surveillance?
PEN American Center’s report “Chilling Effects,” officially released Tuesday morning, offers some disturbing data about the effect of government surveillance on free expression and self-censorship in the literary world.… More
PEN American Center Report Shows Impact of NSA Surveillance on American Writers
As reported in the New York Times today, PEN American Center released a first-of-its-kind report, Chilling Effects: NSA Surveillance Drives U.S. Writers to Self-Censor. 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
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