IFAction News Roundup, July 27 — August 2, 2014
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 July 27 — August 2, 2014.
Filtering, Censorship, Whistle blowing, Free Press, and Free Speech Articles
Manassas [VA] case rekindles debate over penalties for ‘sexting’
Bucks County [PA] teacher whose blog made headlines is fired
Former CIA/NSA Boss Michael Hayden Admits Ed Snowden Was A Whistleblower
After CIA gets secret whistleblower email, Congress worries about more spying
3 Killed in a Facebook Blasphemy Rampage in Pakistan
Access, the Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, and Intellectual Property Protection Articles
FCC calls Verizon’s new data throttling plan a ‘disturbing’ development
Why one New Jersey school district killed its student laptop program
How the history of electricity explains municipal broadband
Duke Professors Looking To Make Legal Texts Affordable; Kicking Off With Intellectual Property Law
California’s digital divide still gaping
Privacy, Surveillance, Hacking, and Cybersecurity Articles
BitTorrent unveils NSA-proof online calling and messaging software
Think the Supreme Court protected your cellphone from warrantless searches? Think again.
Senators unveil bill to protect student privacy
Personal Privacy Is Only One of the Costs of NSA Surveillance