IFAction News Roundup, May 11-17, 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 May 11 — May 17, 2014.
Filtering, Censorship, Whistle blowing, Free Press, and Free Speech Articles
USC Upstate closes gender studies center that booked lesbian play
Here’s how not to get sued when reviewing online products
Right to be forgotten vs. free speech
Greenwald On NSA Leaks: ‘We’ve Erred On The Side Of Excess Caution’
Edward Snowden’s Other Motive for Leaking
Access, the Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, and Intellectual Property Protection Articles
Getting libraries ready for the election season
Liberal backlash threatens plan for Internet ‘fast lanes’
Net neutrality protesters are literally camped outside the FCC. And the agency is hearing them out.
Why the death of net neutrality would be a disaster for libraries
Tablets proliferate in nation’s classrooms, and take a swipe at the status quo
Privacy, Surveillance, Hacking, and Cybersecurity Articles
European Court Lets Users Erase Records on Web
Fake Peoria [IL] mayor Twitter account prompts real raid of West Bluff house
[California] Judge denies Gmail search warrant