Trump’s Trafficking of Incendiary and Unverified Videos Unbecoming to Office of the President
The spread of hate speech and the rise of hate crimes have become unmistakable hallmarks of the Trump Administration’s first year in office. More
DARE: Election officials move closer to placing new rules on Facebook and Google
Election officials moved towards regulating political ads on online platforms including Facebook and Google. White House aides said to have given up on... More
DARE: FCC plans to vote to overturn U.S. net neutrality rules in December
The FCC is set to unveil plans for a final vote next week to reverse the Obama-era net neutrality order—now is the time to submit a comment to Congress... More
DARE: In China, Trump Continues War On Media By Bowing To Demand For No Questions From Reporters
President Trump accepts Chinese government demand that he and President Xi Jinping not take journalists’ questions during his visit. More
DARE: Justice Department Says Not So Fast to AT&T’s Time Warner Bid
Department of Justice indicates that AT&T and Time Warner merger approval may be contingent on the sale of CNN, raising alarm bells that such an unusual condition for a… More
DARE: Trumpism Without Trump: A Losing Formula in Swing-State Virginia
Expression issues including divisive speech, identity, voting rights, and Confederate monuments play out in Virginia elections. Twitter expands character limit to 280 for all users in almost all languages. More
DARE: What to Know About the ‘Paradise Papers’ Leak
Want to receive this digest in your inbox? To subscribe, simply click here and choose DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression from the list. Nearly 400 journalists globally join up to investigate 13.4… More
DARE: Trump says “a lot of justice” needs to be fixed, after “laughing stock” remarks
President Trump repeats denigrating comments about U.S. judicial system he called “laughing stock.” Mr. Trump said the U.S. needs to get tougher in protecting the country and be less… More
DARE: House Intelligence Committee Releases Incendiary Russian Social Media Ads
House Intelligence Committee releases some of the many ads Russia placed in order to shape attitudes and sow divisions during the U.S. election campaign. NPR puts its own CEO in… More
DARE: Dread hangs over Washington as Manafort, Gates turn themselves in
With the investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia filing its first charges against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates for conspiracy and money laundering, the president and his… More