Intellectual Freedom News 6/15/2018
June 15, 2018 – Collated by OIF Staff and News Editors
Intellectual Freedom Highlights
- Defend Pride at Your Library | Intellectual Freedom Blog; “Beyond merely avoiding the exclusion of materials representing unorthodox or unpopular ideas, libraries should proactively seek to include an abundance of resources and programming representing the greatest possible diversity of genres, ideas, and expressions. A full commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion requires that library collections and programming reflect the broad range of viewpoints and cultures that exist in our world. Socially excluded, marginalized, and underrepresented people, not just the mainstream majority, should be able to see themselves reflected in the resources and programs that libraries offer.” Equity, Diversity, Inclusion: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
Censorship
- ‘There’s no such thing as Transgenders’: Man disrupts pride event | KTVA (AK)
- Wando High School summer reading list causing controversy | NBC News 2 (SC); The Fraternal Order of Police wants All American Boys and The Hate U Give removed from the list. “it’s almost an indoctrination of distrust of police and we’ve got to put a stop to that.”
- ‘Fun Home,’ graphic novel, has Watchung Hills parents at odds | Central Jersey
- In a reversal, Md. prison officials lift limits on access to books for inmates | Washington Post
- People are accusing Disney of censoring a kiss between two female video game characters | Business Insider
- Disney says it didn’t censor a gay kiss at E3 | The Verge
- Leonard Pitts Jr.: Petaluma High learns censorship doesn’t work | Oregon Live
- Despite the squawking, the St. Paul Library’s Drag Story Hour must go on | City Pages (MN)
- Drag Story Hour slays in St. Paul, and the haters stay home | City Pages (MN)
Privacy
- Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Library, and The New York Public Library Join Forces for New Digital Privacy Initiative | Intellectual Freedom Blog
- Librarian sues Equifax over 2017 data breach, wins $600 | Krebs on Security
- Facebook’s policies on teens should be probed by FTC, child advocacy group says | USA Today
- The Three Major Forms of Surveillance on Facebook | Siva Vaidhyanthan, Slate
- Why Do We Care So Much About Privacy? | The New Yorker
- In a Big Data World, Scholars Need New Guidelines for Research | Scientific American
- Apple to close iPhone security hole that law enforcement uses to crack devices | New York Times
- The Blockchain: What It Is and How It Can Benefit Libraries (Part Two) | Intellectual Freedom Blog
See this week’s additional privacy news and updates on the Choose Privacy Everyday blog.
Net Neutrality and Broadband Access
- House Dems use markup to slam net neturality rule rollback | MultiChannel
Access
- The Failure of Internet Freedom | Knight First Amendment Institute
- You’ll never be charged a late fee again at these California libraries. Here’s why | Sacramento Bee
- Europe’s new copyright rules will be devastating to the internet as we know it | Motherboard
Free Press, Social Media, and Fake News
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist says he’s been fired after Trump cartoons were killed | Philadelphia Inquirer
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is killing its longtime cartoonist’s drawings critical of Trump | Philadelphia Inquirer
- DOJ seizure of Times reporter’s data raises press freedom concerns | Columbia Journalism Review
- Nine takeaways from Knight-supported research on restoring trust in news | Medium
- How Trump Voters Decide Who to Trust | Medium
- Don’t shrug away Trump’s media attacks | Columbia Journalism Review
- As France debates fake news bill, critics see threat to free speech | CNN
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- Jeff Sessions’ Justice Dept. is intervening in another campus speech case — its fourth | Chronicle for Higher Education
- In messy aftermath of offensive videos, free-speech group decries Syracuse’s ‘kitchen sink’ discipline | Chronicle for Higher Education
- Instructor faces backlash after she belittles student on class forum | Chronicle for Higher Education
- Four campus free speech problems solved | The Conversation
- Academic Group Moves Toward Censuring U of Nebraska-Lincoln | U.S. News and World Report
First Amendment and Free Speech
- Supreme Court throws out Minnesota ban on voter political apparel | Reuters
- Masterpiece Cake: Baker wins but the Supreme Court leaves key questions unanswered | Brookings Institute
- The masterpiece ruling is a win for free speech, if nothing else | Federalist
Around the Web
- Laurie Halse Anderson shocked readers with a book about rape. She’s at it again. | Washington Post
- Library Freedom Project introduces inaugural cohort | Intellectual Freedom Blog
- 5 banned books that will help you learn about the Holocaust | Intellectual Freedom Blog
- Scholastic’s pro-Trump propaganda for kids enrages teachers and parents | Think Progress
- ‘Pro-Trump’ book for first graders angers progressive teachers, parents | The College Fix
- Libraries ready to code collection beta release at Annual | American Libraries
- What did Robert De Niro say on the Tony Awards? His censored moment completely stopped the show | Bustle
International Issues
- Enough with the provocations, our school didn’t censor Leonardo Da Vinci | Haaretz
- Public library faces court challenge after ‘hate speech’ film screening nixed | Ottawa Sun
- Why licences for buskers won’t work in Hong Kong: think ‘censorship’ cries | South China Morning Post
- Pak Bans Books Showing Kashmir India’s Part | Kashmir Observer
ALA News
- New session: How to Fix the 25 Most Common Library Website Problems Workshop
- Schools and Libraries Speak Out for Banned Books with Krug Fund Grants
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