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Julia Angwin

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My New York Times bestseller: ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR (HarperCollins) tinyurl.com/yxpvn488 NYTimes Opinion Writer | Director, Independent Media program HKS Sign up for my newsletter: buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin

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Proof News @proofnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Inside Seattle’s deal with a tech platform to expand therapy to 55,000 teens and young people. With @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 22/09/2026
AI is eating resources that could have gone to meaningful services. Seattle paid $2 million for an app, Talkspace, that provided text messaging "therapy" to 442 teens last year. Talkspace says teen sessions were excluded from training for its AI therapy bot. www.proofnews.org/millions-spe...
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Millions Spent, Few Served: Seattle’s Talkspace Deal for Youth Therapy Falls Short
Amid a mental health crisis, Talkspace pledged to expand young people’s access to therapy. Company data shows few were served while the tech platform raked in millions.
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Proof News @proofnews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Is the Trump family profiting from war? Proof News investigative reporter @anniegilbertson.bsky.social examines SEC filings, defense deals, and corporate mergers tying Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. to AI-powered drone manufacturer XTEND. Read the full story at proofnews.org
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 13/09/2026
My Wikipedia bio was regularly deleted for a decade before I finally was deemed “notable enough.” This is a common experience for women. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Notable enough? The questioning of women’s biographies on Wikipedia
This study focuses on biographies nominated for deletion in the German-language Wikipedia and the encyclopedia’s core principle of notability. Results are presented from quantitative content analys...
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Meta is set to pay out a $17 billion settlement over claims that its products, Facebook and Instagram, are addictive and can harm kids. But @juliaangwin.com explains why the money and proposed changes to the apps are likely not enough. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
📻 Show’s up! Featuring Wedly Cazy, @juliaangwin.com, Jessica Winter: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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Old North @oldnorth1723.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Join us on Zoom on 9/16 for a conversation with @juliaangwin.com and @fieldsmeyer.com about their new book “On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear.” Their talk will explore how dissidents have fought for freedom through courage and community. www.eventbrite.com/e/on-courage...
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On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
Join us on Zoom for a conversation with Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer about their interviews with over 100 dissidents and activists.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 04/09/2026
Your framing won over my "win for authoritarianism framing" lol
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 04/09/2026
"In an era where authoritarianism is rising around the globe, the idea of requiring people to show identity papers before reading posts online is absolutely hair-on-fire dangerous." My latest on the Meta settlement in @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...
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Opinion | ‘A Win for Meta’: A Debate on the Big Social Media Ruling (Gift Article)
Unpacking the Meta ruling — how big is it, really?
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 29/08/2026
Spending this beautiful weekend day with the pro-democracy protesters in Mt. Kisco, NY.
Protest signs at Mt Kisco, including one that says “ICE agents *much* more dangerous than undocumented immigrants.”
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Age assurance is Flock cameras for the Internet.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 27/08/2026
It’s good that Meta is creating some bare-bones safety features for kids, but a far better option would be to make these platforms safe for everyone. Shouldn’t we all be protected from Big Tech’s predations? My latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com (gift link). www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
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Opinion | Meta Settles. Finally. (Gift Article)
Meta’s settlement is far from perfect, but every blow counts as the company declines.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 19/08/2026
Thank you!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 19/08/2026
Thank you so much for the kind words!! Means a lot coming from you who has been on the front lines tracking the lawlessness and corruption of our wanna-be authoritarians!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 17/08/2026
Thank you so much @kateshaw.bsky.social for a lovely conversation about On Courage, how we can fight authoritarianism, and how American stubbornness is giving me hope. crooked.com/podcast/all-...
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All the President’s Henchmen | Crooked Media
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 10/08/2026
Damn. Don't mess with Philly!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 10/08/2026
Turns out robots are really bad at being security guards. @proofnews.bsky.social with a deep dive on how many security robots that were rolled out a few years ago have been deep-sixed. Its also our first collab with the great @404media.co ! www.proofnews.org/the-roboguar...
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The Roboguard Revolution is Short-Circuiting
Knightscope and other robotics companies are rethinking automated security amid canceled contracts. One pivot? Human guards.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 07/08/2026
In an authoritarian regime, journalists who tell the truth are already dissidents. My interview with the great @parkermolloy.com about the importance of truth-telling and how we need to defend and support independent media.
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Long Lead @longlead.com · 05/08/2026
What does courage look like when telling the truth comes with real consequences? @proofnews.bsky.social founder @juliaangwin.com has spent her career investigating powerful institutions. Now she's turned her lens onto standing up to authoritarian regimes and speaking truth to power.
Graphic with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding and text: “Lies are how these regimes are built, and telling the truth is actually the piercing of that veil, and that’s why it’s so dangerous. And so when I saw my profession, journalism, in that light, I understood that we were already dissidents.” —Julia Angwin, 'On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear'
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 04/08/2026
Wow - @powells.bsky.social put us on a billboard!! Very exciting!
Powell’s Books huge billboard sign with Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer listed as speakers for 8/3
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 03/08/2026
Portland peeps! @fieldsmeyer.com and I will be speaking about our book how to fight authoritarianism — ON COURAGE— with the incomparable @bulldogshadow.bsky.social at @powells.bsky.social tomorrow. Come join us! www.powells.com/events/julia...
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Julia Angwin & Ami Fields-Meyer Author Event
The Legendary Independent Bookstore
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 31/07/2026
Hey Portland! On Monday night @juliaangwin.com and I will be at Powell’s talking about our book with the great Eric Ward (@bulldogshadow.bsky.social). Come through! www.powells.com/events/julia...
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ImmigrantsAreUS @immigrantsareus.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Reading (and listening) to "On courage" by @juliaangwin.com @fieldsmeyer.com Read by @maddow.bsky.social It is a must read.
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Mike Katz-Lacabe @mlacabe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hopeful and inspirational event with the authors of “On Courage” @juliaangwin.com and @fieldsmeyer.com in San Francisco this evening along with some pretty awesome audience members.
Photograph showing Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer seated at Mannys in San Francisco.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 29/07/2026
Thank you for fighting traffic for us!!!!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 28/07/2026
Los Angeles peeps! Come join @fieldsmeyer.com and I tonight at the Hammer Museum for a conversation about what courage looks like in authoritarian times. hammer.ucla.edu/programs-eve...
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How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear | Hammer Museum
Join us for a conversation with Pulitzer Prize winner Julia Angwin and former White House advisor Ami Fields-Meyer, who traveled the globe to find the students, workers, and everyday citizens who took...
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 23/07/2026
Your spirit was there!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 23/07/2026
What a lineup of people modeling political courage. It was an honor to hang with this crew!!! @bencollins.bsky.social @catthekin.checkmyads.org @katmabu.bsky.social @nandoodles.checkmyads.org @cohen489.bsky.social
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 20/07/2026
Triple amen
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 20/07/2026
Amen
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Want to come to The Onion office and talk about the best book I read this year with the author? We're hosting @juliaangwin.com and @fieldsmeyer.com on Wednesday night at The Onion office. There will be cheap beer and wine. The book is about fighting back right now, when it's a little dangerous.
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On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
Join The Onion's Ben Collins in conversation with On Courage authors Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer on July 22nd at 7pm.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 18/07/2026
Thank you. Means a lot coming from you — toughest critic out there!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 17/07/2026
👇🏻 You heard the man! Sign up before we run out of seats.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 16/07/2026
Perhaps you may find it amusing to watch me fight with Scott Galloway about whether we should preserve anonymity online. Spoiler alert: I am on the side of preserving our shreds of anonymity. www.instagram.com/p/Da3ChCDDkQw/
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Scott Galloway on Instagram: "The U.S. is on an authoritarian backslide, warns Julia Angwin. From my conversation with her and Ami Fields-Meyer."
323 likes, 22 comments - profgalloway on July 16, 2026: "The U.S. is on an authoritarian backslide, warns Julia Angwin. From my conversation with her and Ami Fields-Meyer.".
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 16/07/2026
Pinch me! On Courage hits the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list for a second week!
Screenshot of the #12 spot on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list:


2 WEEKS ON THE LIST 
ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT
IN AN AGE OF FEAR
by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer
The authors of the New Yorker essay "So You Want to Be a Dissident?" profile people who stood up to authoritarianism.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 15/07/2026
Chicago friends! Let’s celebrate the importance of comedy in fighting authoritarianism. @bencollins.bsky.social will interview me and @fieldsmeyer.com about our book On Courage. Come join us on July 22 at 7 pm at the Onion HQ. RSVP here www.eventbrite.com/e/on-courage...
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On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
Join The Onion's Ben Collins in conversation with On Courage authors Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer on July 22nd at 7pm.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 15/07/2026
Hurray! Thanks for reading. And once I’m back from whirlwind book tour, I want to come sign your books and thank you for your help while I was reporting!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 15/07/2026
Resistance looks like this. It’s not just showing up to protest marches. It’s also forcing institutions to suffer consequences for complying with a regime’s lawlessness and corruption. Every bit of sand in the gears makes a difference.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 15/07/2026
Chicago friends! Let’s celebrate the importance of comedy in fighting authoritarianism. @bencollins.bsky.social will interview me and @fieldsmeyer.com about our book On Courage. Come join us on July 22 at 7 pm at the Onion HQ. RSVP here www.eventbrite.com/e/on-courage...
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On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear
Join The Onion's Ben Collins in conversation with On Courage authors Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer on July 22nd at 7pm.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 13/07/2026
Science friends! Join @fieldsmeyer.com and I tomorrow for a discussion of our new book On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear. secure.ucs.org/a/2026-7-14-...
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 13/07/2026
Atlanta friends -- @fieldsmeyer.com and I will be at the Carter Center this week talking about On Courage. Come join us! www.cartercenter.org/events/on-co...
Atlanta Book Event -- The Carter Center. Ami Fields-Meyer and Julia Angwin. Wednesday July 15 6:00 pm. 453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE.
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HCR HQ @hcrhq.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Today with @juliaangwin.com, @fieldsmeyer.com, and @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/NgpJUas...
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Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer | American Conversations
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 10/07/2026
Can’t wait for this conversation with @hcrichardson.bsky.social tomorrow!!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 09/07/2026
Yeah I feel the same!!! Writing it surprised me, but also felt like coming home.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 09/07/2026
Holy shit! On Courage debuted at #12 on the @nytimes.com bestseller list! I am again verklempt.
Photo of the #12 listing on bestseller Hardcover Nonfiction list:
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NEW THIS WEEK
ON COURAGE
by Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer 
Mariner Books
The authors of the New Yorker essay "So You Want to Be a Dissident?" profile people who stood up to authoritarianism.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 08/07/2026
lol my first journalism job was in the Danville bureau of the Contra Costa Times!!!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 08/07/2026
* also, yes I know that San Francisco is misspelled in the graphic. Apologies to my hometown! This is what happens when you are bootstrapping everything.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 08/07/2026
@fieldsmeyer.com and I spent our $$ and raised a bit of $$ to make this happen. As we write in the book, you can’t fight authoritarianism just by doomscrolling. So we are coming out to meet as many of you as we can. Can’t wait to meet and be inspired by you all!
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 08/07/2026
One thing to note: this tour is self funded. Publishers believe (possibly correctly) that national media sells books more than local IRL events. But we couldn’t write a book about the importance of building community without talking to people IRL. So we bootstrapped.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 08/07/2026
On Courage book tour has begun!! Dates and locations below. I’ll also share links prior to each event, but wanted to list the whole schedule for anyone interested.
July 7 - Porter Square Books, Boston MA
July 8 - P&T Knitwear, New York City NY
July 9 - Politics and Prose, Washington DC
July 15 - The Carter Center, Atlanta GA
July 22 — The Onion HQ, Chicago IL
July 28 — The Hammer, Los Angeles CA
July 29 — Manny’s, San Francisco CA
July 30 — Local Economy, Oakland CA
Aug 3 — Powell’s Books, Portland OR
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