First Amendment Rodeo 7/11-7/25, 2011
A round-up of intellectual freedom issues in the news
Privacy/Technology
Lengthy Privacy Policy Discussions Leads to No Changes at Library
Anti Child-Porn Act Runs Into Trouble Over Privacy
Senators Ask Spy Chief: Are You Tracking Us Through Our iPhones?
Should warrantless GPS tracking be allowed? USA Today
Opposing view: Warrantless GPS tracking needed: Jon Adler
How Facebook Secretly Aids Government Searches
Court OKs Airport Body Scanners, Rejects Constitutional Challenge
See also NY Times
See also EPIC
Social Media History Becomes a New Job Hurdle
Free Speech
Library cancels White Pride Meeting
See also
Some parents don’t think porn belongs in library
Gloucester library’s gay pride exhibit causes conflict
Censorship/Books
Richland School Board reverses course on book ban
Woman wins appeal to have ‘Diaper Baby’ book banned
Tea Party Says Textbook Is Pro-Islam
See also: Virginia Department of Education Responds To Tea Party Complaints
D303 parent joins conservatives pushing for textbook ban
Albemarle School Board to vote on expelling ‘A Study in Scarlet’
See also:
School Board Likely to Remove Challenged Book
Committee Member Explains Decision on Controversial Boook
Board Delays Decision On Controversial Book
School Board Delays Vote on Challenged Book
Maryland prison bans lifer’s book
See also:
The right to read upheld