IFAction News Roundup, June 15 — 21, 2014

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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

[Gray County] Texas Deputy Displays Ignorance Of Laws He’s ‘Enforcing’ While Trying To Shut Down A Citizen’s Recording

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

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