Intellectual Freedom News 1/8/2021
Highlights
- ALA condemns violence on Capitol Hill, calls for advocacy
- AASL, ALA, and 48 state-level school library associations post letter to President-Elect Biden
- The Future of Intellectual Freedom: IFLA, FAIFE Seek Comment, Article Proposals
Censorship
- Art and Creative Acts That Were Censored in 2020 | Hyperallergic
- Chinese censorship invades the U.S. via WeChat | The Washington Post
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app | Ars Technica
- Further Fall-Out from Russian Hacking of SolarWinds | Data Privacy + Security Insider
- How employers use technology to surveil employees | Brookings
- Consumer Privacy Legislation Expected in Florida Legislature | Lexology
- Anti-Secrecy Activists Publish a Trove of Ransomware Victims’ Data | Wired
More privacy news is available at the Choose Privacy Every Day blog.
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- LGBTQ People Now Eligible for Domestic Violence Protections in All 50 States | NBC News
- Defending the Fifth Freedom: Protecting the right to read for incarcerated individuals | American Libraries
- Former Time Warner CEO Calls for “Private Accountability for Hate Speech” | Reason
- Julian Assange makes bid for freedom after judge blocked extradition to US | Evening Standard (UK)
- US Protest Law Tracker | ICNL
Copyright
- Trial begins over Davis County’s withholding of copyrighted jail standards | Standard-Examiner (UT)
- Tracy Chapman Wins $450K in Copyright Suit Against Nicki Minaj | The Hollywood Reporter
- This Mashup Is Not a Place You’ll Go – Seuss Copyright Will ‘Live Long and Prosper’ | The National Law Review
- Congress Creates a Copyright Claims Board for Adjudication of Small Copyright Infringement Claims | JD Supra
Access
- Journal Article: “Waiving Article Processing Charges for Least Developed Countries: A Keystone of a Large-Scale Open Access Transformation” | InfoDocket/Library Journal
- UM tells Supreme Court anti-immigration activist’s documents not public records | The Detroit News
Net Neutrality & Broadband Access
- Georgia’s runoff may have saved net neutrality | The Verge
- FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Subsidies | Bloomberg Law
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- The New Strategy to Suppress Conservative Voices on Campus | National Review
Social Media
- How Social Media Made the Trump Revolt a Reality | The New Yorker
- Social platforms flex their power, lock down Trump accounts | AP News
- Facebook Suspends Trump Indefinitely Amid Pressure on Social Media to Clamp Down | The Wall Street Journal
- Facebook’s Trump Ban Is Necessary Triage | Bloomberg
- Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren’t Ready. | ProPublica
- Insurrectionists’ social media presence gives feds an easy way to ID them | Ars Technica
- What is “Section 230,” and why do many lawmakers want to repeal it? | CBS News
- TalkRadio: YouTube reverses decision to ban channel | BBC News
- Parler doesn’t understand censorship, supports Section 230 repeal | Input Magazine
Journalism, Media, & Disinformation
- The role of local news in covering Trump’s endgame | Columbia Journalism Review
- Trump Appointee Seeks Lasting Control Over Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia | NPR
- Analysis: TV providers should not escape scrutiny for distributing disinformation | CNN Business
- How Trump’s Allies Are Still Defending Him: Denial, Deflection, Disinformation | The New York Times
International News
- Ukraine’s TV and radio committee bans import of 6 books from Russia | Kyiv Post
- KISS censors lyrics, blood in NYE livestream to dodge strict Dubai obscenity laws | Chicago Tribune
- Taiwan’s ban on books, TV shows ‘the work of the thought police’, co-founder of ruling party says | South China Morning Post
- Civil rights group urges Toronto to reallocate more than $250M spent on police | CBC
- Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Fights Charges on Eve of Presidential Election | Just Security
- National civil liberties group launches legal action to increase abortion access in New Brunswick | The Globe and Mail
- Reminder: Australia Does Not Have Freedom Of Speech | LifeHacker
Around the Web
- Brooklyn Public Library to Issue Black Library Cards | King Co. Politics
- Hard lessons for libraries and all of us | New York Daily News
- Reform Advocates Cautiously Praise New Police Oversight Bill, Say More Changes Needed To Dismantle Systematic Racism | NPR Boston (WGBH)
- Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley’s Book | The New York Times
- Report: “Dozens of Groups Sue U.S. Government Over Seattle National Archives Closure” | InfoDocket/Library Journal
ALA News
- ALA encourages libraries to observe 2021 National Day of Racial Healing on Jan. 19
- YALSA names 2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
- YALSA names 2021 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
- YALSA names 2021 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
- ALA announces slate of petition Council candidates
ALA Publishing
- OIF’s updated Intellectual Freedom Manual
- Final guide in Sudden Position Series provides tips and tools for library acquisitions
Awards and Grants
- 2021 RUSA Book & Media Awards Virtual Ceremony
- ALA awards community engagement grants to 200 small/rural libraries; invites applications for 450 additional grants
- 2020 Schneider Award Winners Virtual Celebration
eCourses and Webinars
- Announcing the 2021 Core Fundamentals Web Course Schedule
- Free Core Webinar on January 13th Building Virtual Team Cohesion – Tips for Managers
- Learn the Fundamentals of Cataloging with this Jan. 11 web course from Core
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