Intellectual Freedom News 11/11/16
November 11, 2016
Censorship
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Sullivan Parent wants Sullivan BOE to remove text on Islam now | Times News (Kingsport, TN)
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Tennessee mother calls for removal of school history book ‘promoting Islamic propaganda’ | The Guardian
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Haines School Board scrutinizes sex education resources | KHNS News (AK)
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‘First French Kiss’ book leads to complaint at Taunton High School | Taunton Daily Gazette (MA)
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Washington nurseries warned off scary stories for children |The Guardian
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Mom wants ‘graphic’ book pulled from high school library | KIRO 7 News (Seattle, WA)
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Controversial ‘Mexican-American Heritage’ textbook at center of fight | KTRK-TV (Houston, TX)
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Liberty University censors student columnist: Sports editor steps down after publishing column deemed redundant by school president | The Elm, Washington College (MD)
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Kid needs permission slip to read ‘Fahrenheit 451,’ his dad’s response is brilliant | The Daily Dot
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Demands to pull political attack ads – What is a station to do? | Broadcast Law Blog
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Being proactive about censorship and intellectual freedom | Knowledge Quest
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Erotic stories by Anaïs Nin consigned to Amazon’s adult content ‘dungeon’ | The Guardian
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Here’s what’s hiding In Amazon’s X-rated ‘Censorship Dungeon’ | Heat Street
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Mapplethorpe complaint at Westmount library brings censorship into focus | Montreal Gazette
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The 200-year-old book that sent the east coast into a sex panic | Atlas Obscura
Access
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Newsmaker: Marley Dias bringing diversity to kids’ books | American Libraries
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Limitless Libraries: a collaborative partnership that supports at-risk students | Knowledge Quest
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The freedom of reading: Librarians help bring books to prisoners | American Libraries
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Europe rules that libraries can lend e-books like normal ones | Engadget
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Libraries can be a health lifeline for people most at risk | Fox News Health
Privacy
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Justice department reaffirms protections for reader privacy | American Booksellers Association
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Rise of encrypted browsing shows no signs of slowing | Forbes
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Library debating public privacy vs. public safety | The Columbus Telegram (NE)
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Omaha library weighs loosening policy on giving security video to police | Omaha World-Herald
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Indonesia poised to pass Asia’s first ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ law | Voice of America
Internet Filtering
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Internet filters likely, says Library Board | Watertown Public Opinion
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Users around the world reject Europe’s upload filtering proposal | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Around the Web
- University of Denver Keeps Watchful Eye Over Free Speech Wall—With a Camera | The Fire
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Does the First Amendment end at the prison gate? | The Marshall Project
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Walmart pulls kid-nudity photo books from website | USA Today
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To counter book censorship, amplify the voices of young readers | NCAC Blog
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Kids explain how banned and challenged books helped them and even saved their lives | Boing Boing
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Between the sheets: banned books the censors didn’t want you to read | BBC News
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Cypress School District handles unexpected controversy over Vessels book fair | Orange County Breeze (CA)
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An artist is building a Parthenon of banned books | Smithsonian Magazine
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UA Department of Theatre to present show about book censorship | Fayetteville Flyer (AR)
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Eleanor & Park: a terrifying YA romance that has rescued its readers and frightened their parents | Boing Boing
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Challenged books and the freedom to read | Bellevue Reporter (WA)
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Free speech, privacy, and more | Inside Higher Ed
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NCAC Asks radio station at Columbia U. to prove commitment to free expression | NCAC Blog
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What do we tell the children? | Huffington Post
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Elementary school cancels mock election after kids chant ‘Trump’ | Washington Times
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The frightening effect of ‘Trump Talk’ on America’s schools | Washington Post
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Donald Trump can’t believe Jay Z’s vulgar language: ‘Can you imagine if I said that?’ | Washington Post
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Facebook’s censorship policy is culture specific: Dr. Robert Pepper, Facebook | exchange4media.com
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Can you legally tell an employee to stop giving customers an earful? | New York Times
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You’ve been restricted: Social-media sites are growing increasingly comfortable with censorship | City Journal
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Inappropriate coloring books | The Daily Reporter (Spencer, IA)
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Protecting the internet’s purpose | Christian Science Monitor
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Unwelcomed love | Mike Curato author blog
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U.S. Supreme Court takes up major transgender rights case | Reuters
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One university asks: How do you promote free speech without alienating students? | Chronicle of Higher Education
International Issues
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Calicut university removes controversial book | Times of India
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Polish minister accuses Facebook of censorship over right-wing symbol | Reuters
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Angry Saudi intellectuals brand closure of cafe and cultural space as ‘censorship’ | The Independent
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Debate on digital age censorship | New Zealand Independent News
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Book and film “I am not Malala” launched in Lahore | ARY News (Pakistan)
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Kazakhstan: Muslim jailed and fined, books banned | Forum 18 News (Oslo, Norway)
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‘UK’s censorship & harassment are no solution’: European journalists’ union speaks up for RT | RT (Russia)
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China censors online video streaming | PC Magazine
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Serbia’s censorship debate | Aljazeera
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Disappearance of Hong Kong booksellers ‘has dealt huge blow to publishers of sensitive books’ | South China Morning Post
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PEN America decries abduction of Hong Kong booksellers | Shelf Awareness
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Sudan: novels confiscated at Khartoum International Book Fair | AllAfrica
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Protesters burn books as Jordan reduces religion’s role in schools | The National (UAE)
- Russia puts library boss in jail for ‘inciting hatred’ | BBC News
- No censorship at UAE book fairs — National Media Council | Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
- UBC Free Speech Club don red “MAGA” hats to challenge censorship on campus | The Rebel (Toronto, ON)
- Scottish film explores censorship in the GDR | The Herald (Scotland)
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Willing proxies give China’s censors a global reach | The Diplomat
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