Intellectual Freedom News 2/9/17
February 9, 2018 – Collated by OIF Staff and News Editors
Intellectual Freedom Highlights
- Intellectual Freedom in the Mile High City | OIF Blog
- Introducing the new Selection & Reconsideration Policy Toolkit | OIF Blog
- Privacy at ALA Midwinter 2018 | OIF Blog
Censorship
- Self-Censorship as Self-Preservation | OIF Blog
- Book challenges and authors accused of sexual misconduct | OIF Blog
- Pentagon threatens censorship of Guantanamo art | OIF Blog
- South Dakota considers ban on teaching about gender identity | Capitol Journal (Pierre, SD)
- Book challenge policy gets Pasco County School Board talking | Tampa Bay Times
- Assignment’s sexual content draws parent’s concern | The Sampson Independent (NC); Looking for Alaska
- Anti-censorship group urges reversal of Duluth school district’s decision on ‘Mockingbird,’ ‘Finn’ | Duluth News Tribune (MN)
- In book debate, ask the teachers | Minnesota Public Radio
- Duluth schools remove ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ ‘Huckleberry Finn’ from curriculum | Duluth News Tribune (MN)
- A school district drops ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ over use of the n-word | Washington Post
- My Book Is Banned In Illinois Prisons — I Tried To Figure Out Why | WBEZ Chicago
- The war on books in prisons needs to end | San Francisco Chronicle
- Caravaggio killed a man. Should we therefore censor his art? | The Guardian
- Banned? At least 26 books challenged in Missouri since 2014 | Springfield News-Leader (MO)
- Springfield parents create online book club for controversial titles | Springfield News-Leader
- Book banning is not a black-and-white issue | Springfield News Leader
- ‘Mockingbird’ recommendation expected Tuesday | The Herald-Independent (WI)
- Editorial: Conejo school board must censure its bully | Ventura County Star (CA); follow-up, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- Conejo Valley school trustee’s email to blogger’s employer sparks free speech controversy | Ventura County Star (CA)
Privacy
- Privacy and school libraries | Hudson Valley Library Association
- Security, privacy weaknesses pervade state and local education websites | EdScoop
- The Clever Ways Your Phone Can Spy On You Even When You Tell It Not To| Fast Company
- Runaway algorithms’ are wreaking havoc on consumer privacy, DuckDuckGo CEO says | CIODive
- Strava users, in midst of privacy problems, are reporting that one of the app’s top features has been disabled | The Verge
- Balancing the benefits of location data with privacy protection | IAPP
See this week’s additional privacy news and updates on the Choose Privacy Week blog.
Net Neutrality and Broadband Access
- Western states lead the fight to maintain net neutrality | High Country News
- Here’s Ajit Pai’s “proof” that killing net neutrality created more broadband | Ars Technica
Filtering
Free Press, Social Media, and Fake News
- How Twitter bots and Trump fans made #ReleaseTheMemo go viral | Politico
- Ich bin ein Tweeter | Wired
- In Washington, British officials to confront Facebook, Google and Twitter over misinformation | Washington Post
Academic Freedom and Campus Speech
- Reflecting on steps toward transparent classroom dialogues | OIF Blog
- Nebraska AAUP leader says she can’t defend grad student | Inside Higher Education
- President of AAUP’s Nebraska chapter resigns over free-speech clash | Chronicle
- Self-described white nationalist student tests free speech policy at UNL | Omaha
- New report: Academic freedom is in decline, continuing century-long trend | Washington Examiner
- Protecting Freedom of Speech Where It Matters Most, on the College Campus | National Review
- What some reporters get wrong about the First Amendment | Columbia Journalism Review
- Security Costs Loom Larger in Campus Free-Speech Fights. A Lawsuit Shows Why. | Chronicle of Higher Education
- As protests mount, U. of Chicago plans for a visit from Steve Bannon | Chronicle of Higher Education
- Students, faculty pose biggest threat to academic freedom, report finds | Washington Times
First Amendment and Free Speech
- Free speech at the Supreme Court | ABA Journal
- Judge dismisses libel suit involving ProPublica article | ProPublica
- Protect journalists with the same laws that protect all of us | Newseum Institute
Around the Web
- Is there a connection between mental health and intellectual freedom? | OIF Blog
- School district investigating teacher who wrote controversial book | WVLT Local 8 (TN)
- Why university libraries are tossing millions of books | Christian Science Monitor
- 10 books to help young readers better understand and fight injustice | Teen Vogue
International Issues
- Internet censorship skyrockets in Russia in 2017, study says | The Moscow Times
- UP school in trouble for teaching book on Zakir Naik | NewsBytes
- Chinese microblog firms told to spot and scrub ‘false information’ as censorship tightens | South China Morning Post
- China censors cryptocurrency ads on search engines and social media | Bitcoin News
- Media censorship casts worrying shadow over Kenya’s democracy | CNN
- Controversial China ‘influence’ book to be published | BBC
ALA News
- Leaders of change share a vision for the future at Midwinter diversity & equity session
- Librarians harness the potential of blockchain technology—get involved | American Libraries
- OIF to showcase new selection policy toolkit at Midwinter
- ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom Launches New Policy Toolkit | School Library Journal
- New eCourse—Online Privacy & Security: Best Practices for Librarians. 5-week facilitated eCourse starting on Monday, March 12, 2018.
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