IFAction News Roundup, January 4 — January 10, 2015
The Office for Intellectual Freedom sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. Click here to subscribe to this list. For an archive of all list postings since 1996, visit the IF Action archive. Below is a sample of articles from January 4 – January 10.
Filtering, Censorship, Whistle blowing, Misinformation, Cyber Threats/Bullying, Free Press, and Free Speech Articles
Teaching Hip Hop Illegally Promotes Ethnic Solidarity, Arizona Official Says
Parenting in the Age of Online Pornography
Salman Rushdie: ‘I Stand With Charlie Hebdo, as We All Must’
Free speech, university codes collide
Access, Corporate/Government Secrecy, the Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, and Intellectual Property Protection Articles
IRS officials to discuss library tax form program
Our System Is So Broken, Almost No Patented Discoveries Ever Get Used
The Internet of Things Plans to Make Libraries and Museums Awesomer
School buses bring Wi-Fi to impoverished families
What is a library: Quaint vestige of the Gutenberg era, or cutting-edge panacea for social needs?
Privacy, Surveillance, Hacking, and Cybersecurity Articles
Law would protect students’ online privacy
Sony Hackers Threaten U.S. News Media Organization
Books and Browsers: Privacy for Digital Library Patrons
Protecting Consumer Privacy while Building a Smarter Grid
Snowden: US started rash of cyberattacks