Intellectual Freedom News

March 4, 2016

Office for Intellectual Freedom

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Censorship

• School district removes workbook for Muslim reference | Florida

Libraries and Intellectual Freedom

• San José Public Library named winner of RUSA Award for Excellence in Reference and Adult Services for Virtual Privacy Lab | American Library Association

Legislation

• State Senate passes bill requiring schools to warn parents about sexually explicit content | Pilot Online
• Virginia’s slippery slope toward censorship in schools | Washington Post
• House Bill too close to censorship | Martinsville Bulletin

Privacy

• Demand for Apple encryption tool threatens library users’ privacy| American Library Association
• An iPhone Is an Extension of the Mind: The FBI isn’t asking to access an uncrackable safe. It wants to compromise the boundaries of the self | Slate

Around the Web

• CCBC Multicultural Statistics for 2015 Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s analysis of the 3400 titles they received in 2015
• Middle schooler is criminally charged for making threats with emojis | ABA Journal

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