Elizabeth Lowe

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    Researchers who depend on CrowdTangle - a tool used to find social media’s worst content - are worried about what happens when it goes away as Meta has been reducing its support for the product. https://bloom.bg/3NrsiiC

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    #China: This week's trial of writer and scholar #XuZhiyong (#许志永) is an egregious violation of his right to freedom of expression. @pen_int, @PENamerica and @chinesepen_org call for his immediate release. Our statement⬇️
    https://pen-international.org/news/china-pen-centres-call-writer-xu-zhiyongs-immediate-release

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    In addition to celebrating our 100 years, PEN America is marking the organization’s centenary year with a campaign that looks to the next chapter in defending and championing free expression. Learn more: https://pen.org/centenary/

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