IFAction Round Up, March 23-29, 2012
OIF sponsors IFAction, an email list for those who would like updated information on news affecting intellectual freedom, censorship, privacy, access to information, and more. To subscribe to this list, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/subscribe/ifaction. For an archive of all postings to the list since 1996, visit http://lists.ala.org/wws/arc/ifaction. Below is a sample of articles from March 23-29, 2012.
Access
Occupy Wall Street Library Confiscated in Union Square
Sarkozy: Jail those who browse terror websites
Brooklyn High School Fines Students $100 For Using Facebook, Expulsion If They Don’t Stop
Privacy
U.S. Relaxes Limits on Use of Data in Terror Analysis
Related: New counterterrorism guidelines permit data on U.S. citizens to be held longer
Related: ACLU: New Domestic Intelligence Rules Undermine Privacy, Security
Related: How the U.S. Government’s ‘Big Cauldron of Data’ Affects Your Privacy
Senators Question Employer Requests for Facebook Passwords
FTC releases final privacy report, says ‘Do Not Track’ mechanism may be available by end of year
Related: U.S. Agency Seeks Tougher Consumer Privacy Rules
Yahoo To Implement ‘Do Not Track’ Mechanism Globally By Early Summer (Subscription only)
Ahead of the Bell: Internet Privacy Hearing
The Unsocial Network: Privacy Is Staging a Comeback on Facebook
Google releases account activity tool
Censorship
On Education: School District Told to Replace Web Filter Blocking Pro-Gay Sites (Camdenton, MO)
Related: School district settles with ACLU over blocking gay advocacy websites
Salt Lake library board votes to filter public Internet access
House set to move ‘online freedom’ bill
Austin Carroll, Indiana High School Student, Expelled For Tweeting Profanity
Parents won’t pursue challenge of ‘Tango’ book (Rochester, MN)