Intellectual Freedom News 12/27/2021
Highlights
Censorship
- From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators | ABC News
- The year in censorship | Book & Film Globe
- CISD superintendent weighs in on controversial book; panel’s report to keep it is released | KVIA
- ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ pulled from circulation in Clay County after parent voices concern | First Coast News
- Leander ISD meets with Williamson County Commissioners over book review process | KVUE
- As Lafayette library board weighs banning books, latest appointees are Christians, conservatives | Acadiana Advocate
- These are the books most challenged by Texas school districts | Chron
- Library display pairing Bible with explicit books removed | The Washington Post
- North East ISD moves to ban or relocate 75 books, including several with ‘vulgar or obscene material.’ | San Antonio Express-News
- Movement to remove books from school libraries still pressuring school boards | Free Lance-Star (VA)
- Shelton BOE member concerned about book on freshman reading list | Shelton Herald
- Editorial: Legislator’s ‘context’ bill is simply censorship | Norman Transcript (OK)
- Fox News pushes to ban LGBTQ books, lies that they “promote pedophilia” | Los Angeles Blade
- Should we really take MLK or Ruby Bridges out of Ky schools? Anti-CRT legislation will. | Kentucky.com
- Westerly High library book drawing plenty of attention | Westerly Sun
- Llano County Library temporarily closing to review content of children’s books | KVUE
- Community speaks against censorship of LGBTQ materials at Post Falls library meeting | KREM2
- The book burning that wasn’t | Book & Film Globe
- Oklahoma lawmaker looks to allow parents to remove certain books from schools | KOKH-Tv (OK)
- Bill gives parents right to force library book removal | Tahlequah Daily Press
- Noem pens bill to block race theory in [South Dakota] schools, colleges | The Washington Post
- Second lawsuit challenges New Hampshire ‘classroom censorship act’ | Concord Monitor
- Manheim Central board may consider evaluating library book review process next year | Lancaster Online
- Superintendent casts deciding vote in removing 2 books from Washington County Schools | St George News (UT)
- Utah teachers, librarians alarmed by calls to ban controversial books | Kiowa County Press
- Utah school district to pull two books from library shelves | US News & World Report (Washington County)
- Policies prove pivotal as Keller ISD navigates library book content | Community Impact Dallas-Fort Worth
- Concerned parent Tussing calls out ‘pornographic’ books in Lyons Towhship High library, trustee Augustine says it’s akin to ‘book banning’ | West Cook News
- Wake County library removes book, sparking debate over censorship, obscenity | KPVI
- Man arrested at library protest | Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls Press
- Should Brookfield schools ban a book? A parent is taking an argument to the school board. | News Times (CT)
- Two books challenged by Lindbergh High School parents will stay in library | FOX2 Now
- Gov. Wolf vetoes bill requiring school curriculums [sic] to be posted online | ABC27
- Virginia parents sue school district over CRT curriculum | NTD
- Two Ohio high schools, including Hudson, cancel fall productions of the same LGBTQ-themed play | Cleveland Scene
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- CPRA countdown: It’s time to brush up on California’s latest data privacy law | JDSupra
- The F.B.I. deployed surveillance teams inside Portland protests | The New York Times
- The kid surveillance complex locks parents in a trap | WIRED
More privacy news is available at the Voices for Privacy blog.
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- ‘First Amendment audits’ attract attention of West Michigan law enforcement | WWMT
- Pendleton Heights gay-straight alliance club granted equal rights after judge’s injunction | Indianapolis Star
- Americans’ conversation about police reform isn’t going away. Here’s an updated look. | USA Today
- New anti-protest laws cast a long shadow on First Amendment rights | Public Integrity
- Columbus County Sheriff violating First Amendment, watchdog group alleges | FOX Wilmington
- ACLU, NAACP sue SC over newly drawn state House districts | WCSC
- Federal judge rules Indiana high school must allow GSA to fully function | Los Angeles Blade
- Can Palm Beach school board ban ‘personal attacks’? | Register Citizen (FL)
- Commentary: Our First Amendment gives us freedom to choose what we read. | San Antonio Express-News
- San Diego Unified Board to consider code of conduct to curtail hate speech | California News Times
Access
- Smartphones are a new tax on the poor | WIRED
- Modified remote learning lets students gather in Lakota makeshift libraries during COVID | Yahoo! News
- Pa. commissioners called LGBTQ gathering a ‘hate group’ and denied funds to library where it was to meet. So citizens stepped in. | Philadelphia Inquirer
Net Neutrality & Broadband Access
Copyright
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- A template for academic freedom | Inside Higher Ed
- ‘The professors are the enemy:’ Right-wing attacks on academic freedom have real repercussions | Chronicle of Higher Education
- ‘Understanding academic freedom’ | Inside Higher Ed
- Jesus or George Floyd? Controversial icon stolen | Inside Higher Ed
Journalism & Media
- Judge blocks New York Times on Project Veritas coverage | Politico
- Judge rules The New York Times must destroy documents and not publish reporting on conservative group | Business Insider
- A dangerous court order against The New York Times | The New York Times
- New Jersey Becomes 15th New Voices State, Codifying Student Press Freedom | Student Press Law Center
Social Media
- How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation | MIT Technology Review
- Instagram’s boss faces Congress’ questions on harm to teens | Axios
- United States: District court enjoins controversial Texas social media “censorship” law | Mondaq
Information Literacy & Disinformation
- Putin and Xi’s evolving disinformation playbooks pose new threats | TechCrunch
- Right-wing extremists are exploiting COVID-19 conspiracies on Telegram: Disinformation analyst | Yahoo! News
International News
- Knesset advances bill censoring ‘criminal’ social media posts | Times of Israel
- The great COVID-19 infodemic: How disinformation networks are radicalizing Canadians | Global News
- Bolsonaro directly spread disinformation on Brazil’s voting system, police report says | Channel News Asia
- United Arab Emirates to end censorship of cinematic releases | WDRB
- UCL [University College London] becomes first university to formally cut ties with Stonewall | Guardian
- Hong Kong authorities push election censorship globally | Axios
- Hong Kong: Tiananmen monuments removed from universities | i24 News
Around the Web
- Editorial board: Start banning controversial library books and soon you will be left with none | Casper Star Tribune
- In the Westerly Schools: Making the best of the ‘new normal’ | Westerly Sun
- What Lois Lowry Remembers | The New Yorker
- First they fought about masks. Then over the soul of the city. | The New York Times
- Back to school: What is CRT and why are people protesting at Poway Unified about it? | San Diego Tribune
- Education researchers examine, counter actions against critical race theory | Penn State University
- The critical race theory minefield has exploded in Austin-area school districts | Austin Monthly
- Author of ‘Gender Queer,’ one of most-banned books in U.S., addresses controversy | Yahoo! News
- Those who would ban books think certain students have no value | Wyoming Tribune Eagle
- Groups seek probe of Alabama use of virus funds for prisons | CBS 42
- Critical race theory debate is damaging to students in ways you may not have considered — Opinion | Tennessean
- Commentary: NEISD’s book review offers lessons in civility | San Antonio Express-News
- Culture wars: The assault on education | Counter Punch
- Dear Black parents: Here’s how to protect your children from the moral panic over critical race theory | The Grio
- It’s time for school boards to focus on what matters: Educating our kids | York Dispatch
- Bill Reiser, longtime library manager and blues series mastermind, dies | Monroe News
- Texas bigots demand safe space from reality in public libraries | Wonkette
- Wichita library board relaxes background checks required after 2019 drag queen flap | Wichita Eagle
- Some school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back | CNN
- US conservative parents push for book bans — and unintentionally make reading cool again | Guardian
- Vermont Library Association to support libraries facing attempts to censor | Times Argus
- Iowa librarian appeals to colleagues to defend books on LGBT, racism | Radio Iowa
- Where are Black parents’ voices on critical race theory? | Nation
- New policy leads to abrupt end of library meeting | Pinedale Roundup (WY)
- How American conservatives normalize anti-Semitism | The Hill
- New Clover Park School Board member compares himself to Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin | News Tribune (WA)
- ‘Everyone is welcome’: Community responds to statewide controversy over LGBTQ and sex-themed books | Laramie Boomerang (WY)
- 2021 Intellectual Freedom Gift Guide | Intellectual Freedom Blog
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- Did You Experience A Challenge In 2021? Report to the OIF! | Intellectual Freedom Blog
ALA News
- ALA donates $15,000 to assist libraries in Louisiana and New Jersey damaged by Hurricane Ida
- Lanza-Galindo withdraws candidacy for 2022-25 ALA treasurer
Awards & Grant
- Mandi Goodsett Selected as 2022 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellow
- ALA to announce the next classics in children’s and YA literature and media
- Library Research Round Table (LRRT) is accepting paper submissions for the LRRT Research Forum
eLearning
Publishing
- Research examines AASL Standards impact on administrator initiative
- Core’s guide to zines in library collections
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