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Dear John,
Imposing an outright ban on millions of Americans’ ability to use TikTok poses a dangerous trade. During massive protests in Iran, people capitalized on TikTok’s algorithm to evade government censorship and promote content supporting the demonstrations to users everywhere.
A nationwide ban would eliminate space for free expression, information sharing, connection to communities abroad, and political and social organizing. The United States—and democratic governments everywhere—have an opportunity to show that there are better ways to protect people, and that censorship is not an effective response to the genuine risks of the digital age.
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Support The Iranian Struggle For Freedom
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Nobel Prize laureates, former heads of state, business leaders, and human rights defenders are among the more than 480 global voices who issued a joint statement this week calling for the international community to strengthen support for protesters in Iran.
Join us as we call for concrete actions and solidarity from the international community.
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Free Them All: A Political Prisoners Initiative
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Freedom House is working to help free political prisoners and push back against the jailing of activists as a tool of repression. Our new website features the stories of artists, journalists, and activists and illustrates the significant pressures and harms that human rights defenders face in reprisal for their work and why they need our support.
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Political Prisoner Spotlight
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On December 8, 2016, while filming a protest, Tsi Conrad found himself surrounded by at least 10 military officers. Arrested at gunpoint, interrogated relentlessly, tortured brutally, sentenced excessively—and yet, his voice is heard loud and clear beyond the prison walls at Kondengui Central Prison in Cameroon.
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