DARE: Devin Nunes Sues Twitter and Three Users for Defamation
Representative Devin Nunes sues Twitter and three users for defamation. The case will unlikely succeed in court, given free-speech protections for parody. More
DARE: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees
State Department excludes its press corps from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and says it won't distribute a transcript or list of... More
DARE: Facebook Enters the News Desert Battle, Trying to Find Enough Local News for Its ‘Today In’ Feature
Facebook struggles to find enough local news to include in 'Today In,' amid spreading news deserts and shuttering media outlets across the country... More
DARE: Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter Struggle to Deal with New Zealand Shooting Video
Social media platforms struggle with managing spread of gruesome video of New Zealand shooting, while police urge people to stop sharing the video. More
DARE: Democratic Lawmakers Unveil Journalist Protection Act Amid Trump Attacks on Media
Democratic lawmakers reintroduce the Journalist Protection Act intended to designate certain attacks on working journalists as a federal crime... More
DARE: Facebook Backtracks after Removing Warren Ads Calling for Facebook Breakup
Facebook removes and then reinstates ads placed by presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of the social network... More
DARE: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates through a Secret Database
Leaked documents show the U.S. authorities tracking journalists, lawyers, and immigration advocates at the U.S.-Mexico border. A Florida sixth-grader... More
DARE: Sacramento Bee Reporter Detained, Two More Journalists Covering Protest March among 84 Arrested
FBI Director Christopher Wray says that while the U.S. had not seen a 'material impact on election infrastructure' from foreign adversaries in the recent... More
PEN America Sends Letter to Iowa State House of Representatives to Demand Press Credentials for Political Journalist, Blogger Laura Belin
If the Iowa House has engaged in viewpoint discrimination by denying Laura Belin a press credential due to the political slant of her writing, this would represent a disappointing… More
DARE: What a Kamala Harris Meme Can Teach Us about Fighting Fake News in 2020
Researchers and social media tech companies prepare for the 2020 election and impending fake news attacks on candidates. President Trump says he plans... More