How Can Journalists Protect Themselves During a Trump Administration?
A survey conducted by PEN America found that 16 percent of writers in the U.S. avoided writing or speaking about a topic as a result of government surveillance, More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thursday, October 6
Calls for investigation of Somali journalist's murder, Israel's agreement with Facebook threatens free speech, Germany drops investigation of Erdogan insult More
Art is a Form of Encryption: Laura Poitras in Conversation with Lynn Hershman Leeson
"There are certain people who don’t encrypt their e-mail, so we just create a coding system. Perhaps we are talking about having lunch at a certain restaurant, when in… More
PEN America, Renowned Writers and Artists Stand with Apple in Privacy Battle
Free Expression Advocates Urge End to Efforts to Compel Tech Giant to Crack Shooter’s iPhone More
End Efforts to Compel Apple to Crack iPhone
The company should not be put in a position where protecting the rights of its customers requires it to defy the law. More
Free speech groups welcome win for Miranda on press freedom
In the United Kingdom, the Court of Appeal rules that Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is incompatible with the right to press freedom. More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., January 18
Plane leaves Iran with Post reporter, Moroccan journalist released from prison, Two sentenced poets flee Iran. More
The PEN Ten with Philip Metres
"I think we Americans have to flip the question and ask, in what ways are we ourselves in a condition of carceral submission, surveilled and made docile? How much… More
The Dangers to National Security Whistleblowers
A new report released by PEN American Center has revealed a chaotic patchwork of protections for national security whistleblowers that leaves many intelligence community workers extremely vulnerable to retaliation… More
The PEN Ten with Moustafa Bayoumi
"A writer’s “revolutionary duty,” as Gabriel García Márquez once put it, is 'to write well.' The responsibility of a human being, on the other hand, is to practice compassion… More
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[email protected] has announced the shortlist for their 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards, which celebrate artists, writers, journalists, and campaigners fighting for free speech against immense obstacles. https://t.co/utkwAYKry0
Watch cartoonist, graphic novelist, and comics theorist @ScottMccloud—the “Aristotle of comics”—on @ArticulateShow on @PBSSoCal. #ArticulateIMP https://t.co/ZXIkOwtf5I