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Media Literacy Toolkit

AdvocacyDecember 21, 2020

Drawn from the curriculum of PEN America’s “Knowing the News” project, here are five quick tips for defending against disinformation. More

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You can't say anything anymore! This week, What Could Go Right? focuses on the thorny issue of free speech. @zacharykarabell and @heyemmavarv interview @SuzanneNossel, CEO of @PENamerica, about America's role in the protection of that freedom.
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EqualityLabsEquality Labs@EqualityLabs·
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[email protected] has joined forces w/ @GLAAD, @TransJA, @nlgja to host a fall boot camp to empower LGBTQ+ creative & media professionals to bolster their digital safety & defend against online abuse. Starting WED 10/27! #FightOnlineAbuseNOW Register here: https://rb.gy/zfcggu

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On the 52nd birthday of unjustly imprisoned poet Ahmed Mansoor, we join human rights organizations and international lawmakers in sharing #BirthdayWishes4Ahmed. We demand Mansoor's unconditional release from prison in the #UAE for his #FreedomToWrite: http://bit.ly/3aZKGOO.

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