IFAction News Roundup, June 29 — July 5, 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 29 — July 5, 2014.
Filtering, Censorship, Whistle blowing, Free Press, and Free Speech Articles
Ads prompt libraries to put newspaper out of sight [Detroit]
On the Next Docket: How the First Amendment Applies to Social Media
YouTube reportedly in talks with indie labels to avoid blocking videos
Access, the Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, and Intellectual Property Protection Articles
ALA encourages next step in E-rate improvements
No-IP regains control of some domains wrested by Microsoft
Edtech Startups Protest FCC Proposal for ‘Two-Tiered Internet’
Privacy, Surveillance, Hacking, and Cybersecurity Articles
Butler warns students, staff, alums of data breach [Indianapolis]
Facebook responds to criticism of its experiment on users
New Snowden docs: NSA spies on pretty much everyone abroad
Why a government watchdog says your phone calls are private, but your e-mails are not