IFAction News Roundup, June 15 — 21, 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 June 15 — June 21, 2014.
Filtering, Censorship, Whistle blowing, Free Press, and Free Speech Articles
Are threats of violence on Facebook criminal, or free speech?
Chilling Speech Is No Laughing Matter
Senators fear plan will muzzle whistleblowers
Glenn Greenwald On Why Privacy Is Vital, Even If You ‘Have Nothing To Hide’
Access, the Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, and Intellectual Property Protection Articles
Dems release bill to block Web ‘fast lanes’
Justices limit patents on software technology
How much did your university pay for your journals?
Time to retire the “digital divide?”
FCC chief unveils plan to close ‘Wi-Fi gap’
Privacy, Surveillance, Hacking, and Cybersecurity Articles
How to Anonymize Everything You Do Online
Cloud companies have to act on privacy, even if the government won’t
How the European Google Decision May Have Nothing To Do With a Right to Be Forgotten
The ACLU’s latest lawsuit on warrantless cellphone tracking has hit a dead end
The US government doesn’t want you to know how the cops are tracking you