IF Action Round Up May 11-17, 2012
What is your vote for biggest story of the week? Tell us in the comments or vote on Facebook!
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Privacy
Euclid downplays privacy concerns about Wi-Fi tracking
DoD Establishes Civil Liberties Program
Cops, ACLU clash over GOP bill that would limit cell phone tracking
Bits: Twitter Implements Do Not Track Privacy Option
Facebook IPO doesn’t mean the end of privacy
Ruling aims at restoring balance in dealing with terror
FTC shifts its approach to protecting online privacy
Censorship
Locals offer opinions on ‘Fifty Shades’ during Brevard libraries meeting
According to iTunes, “jailbreak” is a four-letter word
Parent Traps: Don’t monitor your kids’ Web surfing.
The Rise of Europe’s Private Internet Police
Changes expected after outcry over book selection
On Censorship by Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker
Broken Arrow school board votes to keep acclaimed but assailed book
Access
Issa Asks USTR For More Details of Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
USD 501 students upset about Internet filter
Speech
Court blocks Illinois law used to charge those who video police officers
2 comments
My vote would be one not yet on this list: while the House continues its obfuscation of due process and habeas corpus in debating the 2013 national defense authorization act, last week a federal 2nd circuit judge ruled against and issued an injunction against implementing the indefinite detention provisions of the 2012 NDAA, on 1st and 5th amendment grounds. An ever increasing militarization in official responses to dissent and our exercising of rights of speech and association is of great concern to this librarian! So I’m delighted at a rare bit of good news from the courts … NYT coverage: http://goo.gl/WWUIe and NYT editorial: http://goo.gl/z5HRz.
I’d have to say “DoD Establishes Civil Liberties Program” left me speechless. Seriously Steven…you didn’t even make a comment. A façade if I’ve ever seen one.