Intellectual Freedom News 01/17/2023
Censorship
- A group of Hermon parents wants to limit access to books with sexual content from school library | Bangor Daily News (ME)
- Book banning on the agenda | Tennessee Education Report (TN)
- Penncrest board poised to ban some books from school libraries | GoErie (PA)
- Stamford designates itself as a ‘book sanctuary city’ | Patch (CT)
- Why one book is upsetting some Jacksonville High School parents | KETK (TX)
- Women in Granbury ISD book probe say deputy constable solicited criminal complaint | NBC DFW (TX)
- A play about censorship is censored — and free speech groups are fighting back | NPR (FL)
- Lafayette citizen removed from library board meeting | KATC (LA)
- Controversial library books not used in local schools | KPVI (ID)
- Discussion over book depicting same-sex marriage read to children takes heated turn at Floyd County Library | WHAS (IN)
- Students at Big Walnut HS walk out over proposed book ban | WBNS (OH)
- Temecula students walk out to protest critical race theory ban | Press-Enterprise (CA)
- Coloma Board of Education responds to concerned parents over book they call ‘pornographic’ | ABC57 (IN)
- Challenged books to be kept in guidance office | Ellsworth American (ME)
- Protestors clash over library’s drag queen story hour | KESQ (MD)
- Council to consider library collection development policy adoption | Victoria Advocate (TX)
- Editorial: City business is citizen business | Item (TX)
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- U.S. data privacy laws to enter new era in 2023 | Reuters
- Your kids’ school apps may be invading their privacy | Consumer Affairs
- NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless data harvesting, again | Register
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- Federal judge considers constitutionality of campus survey requirements | WCGB (FL)
- Academic Freedom Alliance opposes divisive concepts bans | Insider Higher Ed
- DeSantis’ attack on New College is latest poisoning of public education | FlaglerLive (FL)
Access
- Orange County Library System to remove fines as part of 100-year celebration | ClickOrlando
- Libraies move to fine free model to ease financial burden on patrons and remove barriers to access | Chicago Tribune
Net Neutrality & Broadband Access
Legislation
- Proposed bill defines ‘drag performances’ as adult-oriented businesses | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- The Republican fight against ‘critical race theory’ continues as Arkansas enacts new ban | Education Week
- Bill to address sexually graphic books in school libraries likely unconstitutional, says top free-speech lawyer | Cowboy State Daily (WY)
- North Dakota bills take aim at ‘sexually explicit books’ at libraries and stores | In Forum (ND)
- Bill targets school books and critical race theory in Nebraska classrooms | Lincoln Journal Star (NE)
- Florida lawmakers consider extending Don’t Say Gay law up to sixth grade | LGBTQ Nation
State and Local Governance
- Arkansas gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders bans critical race theory in schools | FOX News
- WashU expert: Proposed Missouri library rule violates First Amendment | Washington University in St. Louis
Social Media
- Far-right superstars are failing on Rumble. Who’s winning? | Rolling Stone
- The U.S. government banned TikTok from Federal devices. What’s next? | Council on Foreign Relations
- Deconstructing ‘the Twitter files’ | TechCrunch
Journalism & Media
Information Literacy & Disinformation
- How ChatGPT hijacks democracy | New York Times
- Twitter is a megaphone for ‘sudden death’ vaccine conspiracies | WIRED
International
- Election disinformation and the violence in Brazil | Tech Policy Press
Around the Web
- Author George M. Johnson: We must ensure access to tose who need these stories most | NPR
- The conservatives who attacked school boards in 2022 are now going after libraries | Sold/Short
- The list of ‘very dangerous’ books banned in the U.S. is long | Hudson Valley One
- Dueling story hours planned at the Faulkner County Library Saturday | Arkansas Times
- Fielding ‘pornography’ charges; Why is a parent against library checkout? — Scales on Censorship | School Library Journal
- Ron DeSantis is imposing political control on schools: A step by step blueprint to turn the state into a political weapon | New York Intelligencer
- Groups across America fight repressive school book banning and censorship | Between the Lines
- Why student voice should be central to school libraries | KQED
- A record-breaking year for banning books reveals the deepest fissure of our culture wars | Denison Forum
- Olentangy Schools: Official ‘made a personal judgment’ to halt Dr. Seuss reading on NPR | Columbus Dispatch
- Books Unbanned underscores the library’s legacy as the last institutional basion of freedom of information | Document
- How conservative and liberal book bans differ amid rise in literary restrictions | ABC News
- Brooklyn Public Library and PEN America teaming up to train high school students to defend against book bans, promote the freedom to read | PEN America
- What’s in some of the most challenged books in America? | ABC News
- Writers on the Range: Banning books is for bullies | Vail Daily
ALA News
- ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office names Kent Oliver, Sara Benson senior policy advisors
- Library, Archives Associations encourage member participation in National Day of Racial Healing
- ALA Continuing Education launches sustainability course in partnership with Sustainable Libraries Initiative
- AASL Inquire Project selected for ALA Emerging Leader Work
- Cybele Garcia Kohel selected as 2023 AASL Emerging Leader
- Brandi Veal selected as 2023 AASL Emerging Leader
- Core Announces Slate of Candidates for 2023-2024 Election
- New from ACRL – “Cultural Heritage and the Campus Community: Academic Libraries and Museums in Collaboration”
- ALA offers webinars on new federal resources for sustainable library buildings
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