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PEN America Welcomes Ruling on Warrantless Border Searches

Press ReleaseNovember 12, 2019

“This ruling represents a momentous defense of the basic constitutional right to express oneself without being subject to government surveillance or retaliation." More

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DARE: Pentagon Testing Mass Surveillance Balloons across the U.S.

News DigestAugust 2, 2019

Pentagon begins testing use of mass surveillance high-altitude balloons throughout six Midwest states. Apple has announced it is halting practice of... More

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DARE: A Paradox at the Heart of the Newspaper Crisis

News DigestAugust 1, 2019

The New York Times' The Last Edition series looks at the state of local news in the United States, from the closing of newspapers to the paradoxes and... More

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DARE: Oakland Approves Face Recognition Surveillance Ban

News DigestJuly 19, 2019

City of Oakland, CA, approves ordinance banning municipal use of facial recognition technology; concurrently, the U.S. House of Representatives passes... More

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PEN America Raises Serious Alarm in Response to Report the FBI is Urging Universities to Monitor Chinese Students and Scholars

Press ReleaseJune 28, 2019

"China's government is notorious for its aggressive surveillance of minority populations it views as potentially disloyal.  If the United States goes down a similar path, our efforts to fend off the… More

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DARE: Reddit Slaps ‘Quarantine’ on Popular Pro-Trump Forum The_Donald over Threats of Violence

News DigestJune 27, 2019

Reddit says it has 'quarantined' a subreddit that is the most popular section of its site for supporters of President Trump after 'threats of violence... More

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DARE: Mike Pompeo Didn’t Raise Jamal Khashoggi Murder in Meeting with Saudi King

News DigestJune 25, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fails to raise the issue of continued impunity in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a meeting with the Saudi... More

DARE: The Fight to Stay Ahead of Deepfake Videos before the 2020 U.S. Election

News DigestJune 13, 2019

New tools to distinguish genuine videos from deepfakes in development ahead of the 2020 general elections. Facial recognition software developed at Duke... 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: Julian Assange ‘Too Ill’ to Appear for Court Hearing, Says Lawyer

News DigestMay 30, 2019

Julian Assange’s lawyers argue he is too ill to appear in court. (See PEN America’s statement on the indictment against Assange.) The Supreme Court rules... More

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