First Amendment Rodeo 3/28-4/11
Privacy
Michigan Think Tank Asks 3 Universities for Labor Professors’ E-Mails
Wisconsin-Madison to Release Professor’s E-Mails but Withhold Those Said to Be Private
Epsilon Breach Raises Specter of Spear Phishing
Appeals Court Strengthens Warrantless Searches at Border
See also : The court’s opinion
Education Department Proposes New Student Data Privacy Rules
See also: Proposed rule for comment (comment deadline is May 23, 2010)
Censorship
Maine Governor Orders Removal of Labor Mural
See also: LePage removes labor mural over the weekend
LePage’s sudden removal of mural spurs outrage
Censorship / Book Challenges
Books: From Here to Eternity uncensored 60 years later
Censorship/Internet
ACLU Demands That Schools Stop Unconstitutional Web Filtering Of LGBT Content
Banned Books
Suzanne Collins, Sherman Alexie make list of challenged library books
Freedom of Speech
Litchfield Chabad rabbi leads protest against library’s hosting of Arab speaker
See also:
EDITORIAL: Israel, Litchfield and free speech: Library is right
Litchfield Lecture Fuels Debate About Anti-Semitism
Litchfield Lecture That Upset Rabbi Takes Place Without Incident
Human rights author presents book talk at Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield
Library cancels anti-abortion movie in face of protests
See also: Anti-abortion group plans to sue library director
Marathon Library Cancels Anti-Abortion Film
Letter to County Library Officials (via scribd)