IFAction News Roundup, September 7 — September 13, 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 September 7 — September 13, 2014.
Filtering, Censorship, Whistle blowing, Free Press, and Free Speech Articles
Another Problem with Banned Books Talk
A Whistle-Blower Spurs Self-Scrutiny in College Sports [UNC Chapel Hill]
Drag queens in Facebook name row
Access, the Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, and Intellectual Property Protection Articles
The State Department’s plan to spark a global SOPA-style uprising around Internet governance
Broadband policy history reflects unusual bipartisanship
Is the library dead? The answer is complicated
Libraries may digitize books without permission, EU top court rules
TV monitoring service is fair use, judge rules
Privacy, Surveillance, Hacking, and Cybersecurity Articles
Legal memos released on Bush-era justification for warrantless wiretapping
Devastating ‘Heartbleed’ flaw was unknown before disclosure, study finds
Spy court renews NSA metadata program
Yahoo ‘threatened’ by US government with $250,000-a-day fine