IF Action Round Up, November 12-18, 2012
OIF sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. To subscribe to this list, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/subscribe/ifaction. For an archive of all list postings since 1996, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ifaction. Below is a sample of articles from November 12-18, 2012.
Free Speech
The trouble with Virginia’s plates
Censorship
You Can’t Say That on the Internet
‘And Then Came Tango,’ Gay Penguin Play, Canceled By Texas School District
Davis School District sued over flap about lesbian mothers book
Internet Freedom
Internet freedom remains US priority at UN conference
… more articles after the break!
Privacy
More Companies Are Tracking Online Data, Study Finds
Data privacy: Not a priority for marketers?
Trying to Keep Your E-Mails Secret When the C.I.A. Chief Couldn’t
Related: As CIA Chief Scandal Looms, Lawmakers Consider Tightening E-Mail Privacy
Related: FBI’s abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation
Related: Online Privacy Issue Is Also in Play in Petraeus Scandal
Related: US gets more Google user data than all other countries combined
Related: 5 Gmail lessons from David Petraeus affair
Governments Worldwide Asking Google to Hand Over More Data
U.S. FTC chief: Kids’ Internet privacy rules done by year’s end
More Companies Are Tracking Online Data, Study Finds
Maker of Airport Body Scanners Suspected of Falsifying Software Tests
Privacy to porno: What censorship means around the world [map]
Eavesdropping Statutes, and More from CRS
Access
Academy Report on Electric Grid Withheld for Five Years
Verizon called hypocritical for equating net neutrality to censorship
Related: Google, Facebook, Netflix defend net neutrality rules in court