IFAction News Roundup, January 1 – 5
Privacy/Technology
NYTimes Op-Ed: Internet Access Is Not a Human Right
No Warrant Needed for GPS Monitoring, Judge Rules
How the Feds Are Tracking Your Kid
Related:
Data-Crazy Department of Education Throws Privacy Out the Window
Daniel Solove: Student Privacy in Peril: Massive Data Gathering With Inadequate Privacy and Security
First Amendment Rights
Judge Rules ‘Uncomfortable’ Tweets and Blog Posts Are Protected Speech
Freedom of Expression
Copyright Infringement and Enforcement in the US
Anti-internet piracy law adopted by Spanish government
The Media Equation: The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online
Censorship in the Library
New Hampshire Lawmakers Pass Law Allowing Parental Objections To Curriculum
Libraries walk a tightrope on porn
ACLU sues library for blocking Wiccan websites
Related: Full press release
Legal Complaint
Library in polygamist town vandalized
Science and Security Clash on Bird-Flu Papers
Related: Seeing Terror Risk, U.S. Asks Journals to Cut Flu Study Facts
Valley View School Board bucks effort to remove the book ‘The Kite Runner
Related: ‘Kite Runner’ too Islamic, school board told
School Board considers ban of ‘The Kite Runner’ UPDATE
~~ Erin Sommerfeld