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DARE: Facebook Backtracks after Removing Warren Ads Calling for Facebook Breakup

News DigestMarch 12, 2019

Facebook removes and then reinstates ads placed by presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign calling for the breakup of the social network... More

PEN America's report, Truth on the Ballot: Fraudulent News, the Midterm Elections, and Prospects for 2020

Risk that Fraudulent News and Disinformation Become “New Normal” Political Tactics Going into 2020 Election, Warns PEN America Report

Press ReleaseMarch 12, 2019

"We see disturbing signals that domestic political actors are beginning to view disinformation as a necessary evil, believing that they have little choice but to fight fire with fire… More

PEN America's report, Truth on the Ballot: Fraudulent News, the Midterm Elections, and Prospects for 2020

Truth on the Ballot: Fraudulent News, the Midterm Elections, and Prospects for 2020

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With fraudulent news and online disinformation distorting public discourse, eroding faith in journalism, and skewing voting decisions, Truth on the Ballot offers a stark warning about the normalization of… More

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Outstanding piece by @andreacgore, Vacek Chair in pharmacology/professor of psychology at UT-Austin, defending faculty tenure against SB 18. She argues that immunotherapy would not exist if UT-Austin had not given tenure to its discoverer. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/university-texas-andrea-gore-professor-tenure-17816783.php

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bryanalexander Bryan Alexander @bryanalexander ·
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What does academic freedom mean now, and how might it change?

Here's our whole Future Trends Forum conversation with @ACEducation and @PENamerica researchers:

https://youtu.be/nQ8Kl0XJIr0

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#RIP John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80

Woods was the recipient of two PEN America Translation awards, in 1981 and 1987

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