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DARE: Twitter is Sweeping Out Fake Accounts, Suspending More than Seventy Million in Two Months
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DARE: Oprah Defends Free Press in Powerful Golden Globes Speech
At the Golden Globes in Hollywood, Oprah Winfrey affirms the value of a free press, of women speaking truth to power, and of diversity in storytellers. More
DARE: Conservatives, liberals unite against Silicon Valley
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Hairy Bacon and Digital Censorship in China: an Interview with Jason Q. Ng
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Tech Companies Pass Free Expression Stress Test, with Room for Improvement
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PEN International Joins Petition Calling for Investigation into Surveillance and Human Rights
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How Tech Transparency is Good for Writers
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The vagueness is the point. @ThePlumLineGS gets it right. Lawmakers had many chances to make the Don't Say Gay law clearer; they kept it vague. State guidance has also gone further than the original law, w/ worse penalties. Results are #Chilling #EdScare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/27/desantis-school-libraries-dont-say-gay-critical-race-theory/
Still so proud to have been involved in this project, with amazing and dedicated collaborators @saliltripathi, @suketumehta, and Kiran Desai. Love for India and its promise and potential span decades, nationality, and continents. https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1618972267354136576
I am honored to be one of the judges for this year's PEN/ROBERT J. DAU SHORT STORY PRIZE FOR EMERGING WRITERS @PENamerica
https://pen.org/meet-the-2023-literary-awards-judges/