“404 Day” next Friday: EFF sponsoring teach-in on internet filtering in libraries

Censorship, Computers

Via Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), next Friday is April 4, aka 4/04, or 404. On that day, the EFF is sponsoring a “digital teach-in” about internet filtering in libraries and the Children’s Internet Protection Act.  OIF Deputy Director Deborah Caldwell-Stone will join Sarah Houghton (San Rafael Public Library/Librarian in Black blog) and Chris Peterson (MIT’s Center for Civic Media) in a discussion of the issues and how to encourage change.  EFF’s April Glaser will moderate.

EFF also is encouraging librarians and bloggers to share stories and their thoughts in order to raise awareness about how access to information is being infringed by internet filters.

404 Day: A Day of Action Against Censorship in Libraries
Friday, April 4, 2014
12:00—1:00 p.m. Pacific/3:00—4:00 p.m. Eastern

Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/404-day-day-action-against-censorship-libraries-and-schools

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