NSA Surveillance is Making Writers Self-Censor

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Re-Blogged from GalleyCat 11/15/2013

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NSA Surveillance is Making Writers Self-Censor
By Dianna Dilworth on November 14, 2013 3:45 PM

Eighty-five percent of writers are worried about government surveillance of Americans, and 73 percent reported that never have they been so worried about privacy rights and freedom of the press,according to a new report from Pen America.

The report found that writers are censoring themselves in order to avoid trouble with the NSA. The...