Intellectual Freedom News 1/4/19
January 4, 2019 – Collated by OIF Staff and News Editors
Highlight
- A look back at the stories that affected libraries | American Libraries
- The Library is a Growing Organism: Resources for Weeding Collections | Intellectual Freedom Blog
Censorship
- Opponents of Drag Queen Story Hour Tossed From Court | Courthouse News
- Federal judge closes book on Houston’s drag queen story hour lawsuit by conservatives | Houston Chronicle (TX)
- Drag queen story hour lawsuit dismissed by judge | KHOU (TX)
- 2nd group plans protest of Huntington Woods Library’s Drag Queen Story Time | Detroit Free Press
- Arizona lawmaker would fire teachers who discuss politics, ‘controversial issues’ in class | Tucson.com (AZ)
- Judge makes ruling in Louisiana Drag Queen Story Time suit | KATC.com (LA); “A federal judge has denied a motion to intervene that would have allowed two Lafayette residents to become plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit challenging the Lafayette Public Library hosting Drag Queen Story Time.”
- Saudi Arabian censorship isn’t just a problem for Netflix | Washington Post
- When Netflix censors a comedian, we all pay a price | Chicago Sun-Times
- Saudi Arabia won’t be the last country to censor Netflix | Wired
- Why internet censorship doesn’t work and never will | Bloomberg
Privacy
- In high-tech cities, no more potholes, but what about privacy? | New York Times
- Facebook data scandals stoke criticism that a privacy watchdog too rarely bites | New York Times
- Get Ready for a Privacy Law Showdown in 2019 | Wired
- Why 2019 might finally bring a national privacy law for the US | Yahoo Finance
Net Neutrality and Broadband Access
- Chairman Pai statement on failture of CRA attempting to overturn FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order | FCC
- Ajit Pai thanks Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules | Ars Technica
- These are the 2019 court fights that will decide the future of net neutrality | Los Angeles Times
- Judges picked to hear net neutrality challenge | Broadcasting & Cable
- A year after net-neutrality’s repeal, the Internet is alive and well — and faster than ever | Boston Globe
- California could soon have its own version of the internet | Wired
- Debate continues on the future of US privacy regulation from California to Capitol Hill | Lexology
Access
- FCC investigating link between 911 lines going down nationwide and CenturyLink’s internet outages | Fortune
Copyright
Free Press, Social Media, and Fake News
- Evangelical Preacher Accuses Facebook Of ‘Censoring Free Speech’ After Getting Blocked | Huffington Post
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- USF shutters controversial Confucius Institute on New Year’s Eve | Tampa Bay Times
- Against diversity statements | Chronicle for Higher Education
First Amendment and Free Speech
- Lower court split on school board prayer may hasten Supreme Court review | School Law: Education Week
Around the Web
International Issues
- Democratic Republic of Congo internet shutdown shows how Chinese censorship tactics are spreading | CNN
- Censoring China’s internet, for stability and profit | New York Times
- From ‘rice bunny’ to ‘back up the car’: China’s year of censorship | The Guardian
- Inside China’s censorship factories, where young censors learn to erase history | Boing Boing
ALA News
- PLA to offer regional symposia on equity, diversity, inclusion and social justice in libraries (click for dates and locations)
- YALSA opens proposals for 2019 YA Services Symposium (due February 1)
- Information rights for records managers (new resource)
- 2019 Loleta D. Fyan Grant now accepting proposals (due January 11)
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