Intellectual Freedom News 2/12/2021
Highlights
- A Conversation with Douglas County Library Director Amy Dodson | Intellectual Freedom Blog
Censorship
- Utah parents complained after kids were read a story about a transgender boy. Now other diverse books are on hold. | Salt Lake City Tribune
- Debate grows after a Visalia man petitioned to remove an ethnic studies book at Redwood High School | Visalia Times Delta
- I wrote a book on Black women’s voting history. A Louisiana library board refuses to host a discussion of it. | The Washington Post
- Lawmakers Push to Ban ‘1619 Project’ From Schools | Education Week
- ACLU of Iowa calls bill to ban ’1619 Project’ a government attempt at censorship | KCRG ABC 9, Cedar Rapids
- Don’t Kill My Vibe: Arizona Inmate Alleges Kendrick Lamar CD Ban Is Unconstitutional In Appeal To 9th Circuit | Fronteras
- These are the books banned in Florida prison | NWF Daily News
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- University will stop using controversial remote-testing software following student outcry | The Verge
- USC discontinues controversial exam-proctoring spyware Respondus Monitor | Annenberg Media
- New state privacy initiatives turn up heat on Congress | The Hill
- New York City’s Surveillance Battle Offers National Lessons | Wired
- Opinion: We Don’t Need Another Patriot Act | The Wall Street Journal
More privacy news is available at the Choose Privacy Every Day blog.
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- American Democracy Is Only 55 Years Old—And Hanging by a Thread | The Atlantic
- ACLU files brief in support of lawsuit challenging road closure during DAPL protests | Inforum
- Political prosecutions could increase if harsh anti-First Amendment bill becomes law | AZMirror
- Civil rights groups hold town hall to discuss NYPD reforms around ‘decriminalizing’ protests | AM NY
- US civil rights groups call on Biden to end federal executions | Aljazeera
- House Impeachment Managers Say Trump’s ‘Incitement’ Is Not Protected Speech | NPR
- To Prevent Domestic Terrorism, the US Needs Community Reporting That Protects Civil Liberties | Just Security
- Civil-Liberties Groups Ask Biden Justice Dept. to Drop Julian Assange Case | The New York Times
Access
- Digital Ethics in Times of Crisis: COVID-19 and Access to Education and Learning Spaces | Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
- MIT Libraries Announces Two New Open Access Agreements with Public Library of Science | Library Journal InfoDocket
Net Neutrality & Broadband Access
- Justice Department drops net neutrality suit against California | IT Pro
- Editorial: Pandemic proves need for net neutrality, open internet | The Mercury News (CA)
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- No ‘Social Justice’ in the Classroom: Statehouses Renew Scrutiny of Speech at Public Colleges | Chronicle of Higher Education
- College dean says student’s racist and transphobic TikTok is protected by First Amendment | Daily Dot
Social Media
- How a Democratic plan to reform Section 230 could backfire | MIT Technology Review
- Section 230 is 25 years old, and it’s never been more important | The Verge
- Orrin Hatch, Who Once Wanted To Destroy The Computers Of Anyone Who Infringed On Copyrights, Now Lies About Section 230 | TechCrunch
- Twitter permanently suspends conservative activist group Project Veritas | The Verge
- ‘Instagram bans Robert F Kennedy Jr over Covid vaccine posts | BBC News
- Trump’s tech ban reignites debate on social media censorship | The Ticker
- Government censorship threats over TikTok spiked interest in VPNs | ZDNet
- Not Real News: An Associated Press Roundup of Untrue Stories Shared Widely on Social Media This Week | Library Journal InfoDocket
- Google, Facebook tell SCOTUS it should be harder for you to sue them | Ars Technica
Copyright
- Dwight Yoakam Sues Warner Music Group for Refusing to Hand Back His Masters | Digital Music News
- Kat Von D’s Miles Davis Tattoo Draws Copyright Infringement Suit | Billboard
- Cop Accused of Playing Copyrighted Music While Being Filmed to Block Video Sharing | Newsweek
Journalism, Media, & Disinformation
- Nebraska high school journalists face delays, self-censorship after newly enforced prior review | The Student Press Law Center
International News
- Slovenian Journalists Accuse Govt Communication Office of Censorship | Balkan Insight
- Covid: Minister rules out vaccine passports in UK | BBC News
- For a brief period, there was a platform for sensitive political debate in China. Then censors shut it down | CNN Business
- China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliation | The AP
- EU’s top privacy regulator urges ban on surveillance-based ad targeting | TechCrunch
- In Ukraine, taking three pro-Russia channels off the air raises complex issues | Open Democracy
- How the Netherlands is curbing the civil liberties of its Muslim population | Middle East Eye
Around the Web
- East Lansing Public Library wants its books to represent a diverse community, so it’s doing an audit | Fox47 News (MI)
- African American Print Culture: An Interview with Laura Helton | Black Perspectives -AAIHS
- See how libraries are meeting ebook demand for the NYT Best Sellers list with this visualization | The Verge
- A Library Demand List | Robin Sloan
- The Lady Gaga Anthem That Previewed a Decade of Culture Wars | The Atlantic
- ‘Shocking’: Mural inside local library displays Confederate flag, images symbolizing slavery | WSOCTV.com (NC)
- Online Harassment Toward Women Is Getting Even More Insidious | Wired
- Future Webinar: A Persistent & Lethal Threat: White Supremacy in the United States (Feb 19) | NYU Brennan Center for Justice
- Condemning without Cancelling: A Response to Roald Dahl Family’s Apology for His Anti-Semitic Comments | Intellectual Freedom Blog
- Censorship and Challenges of Manga in the Age of Simulpubs | Intellectual Freedom Blog
- Larry Flynt, pornographer and self-styled First Amendment champion, dies at 78 | The Washington Post
- Can anyone moderate podcasts? | The Verge
- Remember the Ladies: Hinton created young adult fiction genre | Muskogee Phoenix (OK)
ALA News
- Free online games from ALA and the FINRA Foundation make financial literacy fun for kids
- ACRL 2021 Virtual Conference registration opens
- The 2021 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition Virtual Poster Session Submission Site is Now Open
- Sam Helmick, Christina Rodriques, Ana Elisa de Campos Salles to serve on ALA Executive Board
ALA Publishing
Awards and Grants
- Bilton and Mazzoni receive 2021 YALSA Collection Development Grants
- YALSA’s 2021 Great Book Giveaway provides more than $20,000 in materials to libraries in Maine, New Jersey, and New York
- YALSA names recipients of its 2021 Volunteers of the Year Award
- YALSA names 2021 Writing Award winners
- Cawthon named YALSA’s 2021 MAE Award winner
- New Brunswick Free Public Library awarded 2021 ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Program Grant
- LRRT extends submission for the Jesse H. Shera Awards 2021
- Call for Applications for the NMRT Student Chapter of the Year Award
eCourses and Webinars
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