Intellectual Freedom News 6/25/2021
Highlights
- Nominations are now open for the I Love My Librarian Award – Has a librarian made a difference in your life? Nominations for this year’s I Love My Librarian Award are open until September 27, 2021. Ten amazing librarians from public, school, and college/university libraries will win $5,000 each in recognition of their outstanding service to their communities. If you know a librarian who’s gone above and beyond, especially during the pandemic, submitting a nomination is the perfect way to thank them. Learn more and submit a nomination at ilovelibraries.org/ilovemylibrarian.
Censorship
- Anoka County tells libraries not to use Pride, Black Lives Matter in messaging | ABC Newspapers
- Anoka County Library under fire for prohibiting Pride Month, Black Lives Matter displays | Minneapolis Star-Tribune
- D49 school board to vote on proposal to ban teaching of Critical Race Theory | Yahoo! News
- GOP sees critical race theory battle as potent midterm weapon | The Hill
- The right-wing freakout about ‘critical race theory’ began in the 1960s | MSNBC
- Non-Partisan Coalition Statement Opposing “Divisive Concepts” Legislation | National Coalition Against Censorship
- Teachers on edge over critical race theory debate | The Hill
- Joint Chiefs chairman clashes with GOP on race theory, ‘white rage’ | The Hill
- Pride Month book displays at Lafayette public libraries concern board vice president | The Acadiana Advocate
- Drag queen story hour in Plymouth draws ire from some | WHDH
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Ring gave cops free cameras to build and promote surveillance network | ArsTechnica
- Colorado Enacts New Data Privacy Law | Lexology
More privacy news is available at the Voices for Privacy blog.
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- Supreme Court Rules for Cheerleader Punished for Vulgar Snapchat Message | The New York Times
- National ACLU and Justice Department to jointly challenge anti-Trans laws | Washington Blade
- Iowa Supreme Court Bars Warrantless Police Searches of Trash | Iowa Public Radio
- Proposed law making cell phone video of cops a crime moves forward by Ohio legislators | News5 Cleveland
- Op-Ed: How ‘freedom of speech’ is weaponized to fight antiracism | Los Angeles Times
- Conflicts Within the A.C.L.U. Over Free Speech and Racial Justice | The New York Times
- Supreme Court Rules on the ACA & Interplay Between the First Amendment & LGBTQ Community | The National Law Review
- Judge narrows lawsuits over clearing of protesters before a Trump photo op | The New York Times
- Carlisle School Board members strike down controversial policy revision | The Sentinel (PA)
- They Put Up a Pride Flag. A Homeowners’ Group Said Take It Down. | The New York Times
- UberEats Wouldn’t Use Transgender Worker’s Right Name: ACLU (1) | Bloomberg Law
- An Anti-Trans Hate Machine Threatens Americans’ Civil Liberties — Opinion | Newsweek
- Indiana’s Revenge Porn Law Challenged Over First Amendment Issue | WFYI Indianapolis
- The Uncertain Fate of Section 230 | Intellectual Freedom Blog
Net Neutrality & Broadband
- Schools, Libraries Seek to Use Federal Funds to Build Their Own Internet Networks | Route 50
- Digital divide persists even as Americans with lower incomes make gains in tech adoption | Pew Research Center
Access
- Library late fees are barring thousands of Long Beach residents from checking out books | Long Beach Post
- Libraries throughout Clackamas County to charge late fees again | Escada News
- Why Free Speech on the Internet Isn’t Free for All | The Washington Post
Academic Freedom & Campus Speech
- UNC Journalism School Tried To Give Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure. A Top Donor Objected | NPR
- Nikole Hannah-Jones will not join UNC faculty without tenure, legal team says | The Washington Post
- Gov. DeSantis OKs academic surveys to ensure campuses aren’t ‘hotbeds for stale ideologies’ | Florida Politics
- Florida Law Will Require Public Colleges to Survey for ‘Intellectual Freedom’ and ‘Viewpoint Diversity’ | The Chronicle of Higher Education
- DeSantis Reveals What Critical Race Theory Hysteria Is All About | Intelligencer
Social Media
- Do You See What I See? Capabilities and Limits of Automated Multimedia Content Analysis | Center for Democracy and Technology
- How YouTube’s rules are used to silence human rights activists | MIT Technology Review
Journalism and Media
- The Propaganda Playbook: A Section-by-Section Dissection of Tucker Carlson’s Communication Strategy | Just Security
- Critical race theory is the hottest topic on Fox News. And it’s only getting hotter. | Washington Post
- When a Good Scientist Is the Wrong Source | Nautilus
- Inside the Lines: What is Mainstream Media, Anyway? | Columbia Journalism Review
Information Literacy & Disinformation
- Anti-vax group mounts legal blitz to sow disinformation against vaccinations | The Guardian
- New Pitt Lab to combat digital disinformation | TribLive
- Michigan Republican-led investigation rejects Trump’s claim that Nov. 3 election was stolen | Detroit Free Press
- QAnon as Neo-Noir | JSTOR Daily
- The Truth Has Not Always Been Out There | The New York Times
International News
- YouTube wins user copyright fight in top EU court ruling | Reuters
- 15 senior academics urge Cardiff University to drop link to LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall amid row over freedom of speech | Wales Online
- ‘Forbidden Fruit’: Apple Daily, Pro-Democracy Newspaper in Hong Kong, Is Forced to Close | The New York Times
- A Eulogy for the Free Press | The Atlantic
- Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy paper sells out final edition | Associated Press
- China’s Censorship Widens to Hong Kong’s Vaunted Film Industry, With Global Implications | The New York Times
- Hong Kong’s New Film Censorship May Force Hollywood “to Make Difficult Decisions” | The Hollywood Reporter
- Hong Kong Book Fair organisers urge exhibitors to be ‘self-disciplined’ with national security law in place | South China Morning Post
Around the Web
- The Right’s Attack on How Schools Teach Students About Racism Demands Philanthropy’s Full-Throttle Response | Chronicle of Philanthropy
- Library under fire after ex-employee raises racism allegations | Indianapolis Business Journal
- They Seemed Like Democratic Activists. They Were Secretly Conservative Spies. | The New York Times
- Tennessee teachers get lessons on new law limiting classroom discussions on race | Chalkbeat Tennessee
- Who was John Newberry, the namesake of the children’s book award? | The Washington Post
- Mayo physician fired after publishing book critiquing system’s policies: 10 things to know | Becker’s Hospital Review
- New Publisher Says It Welcomes Conservative Writers Rejected Elsewhere | The New York Times
- Censoring school curriculum | Wyoming News
- Senate committee approves legislation to put Supreme Court hearings on camera | Politico
ALA News
- ALA announces Libraries Build Business coaches
- AASL announces Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning
- United for Libraries President’s Program to focus on ‘Challenges & Crises: Preparing Your Board of Trustees’
ALA Publishing
- Research finds mentoring to build resilience leads to collaboration
- New research compares classroom versus school library teaching experience
Awards and Grants
- AASL awards four Inspire COVID Relief Grants
- ALA invites applications for 100 grants as part of the Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries
- Rachael Kowalski Awarded 2021 Core Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship
- Virginia Beach Library Foundation Awarded 2021 Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Visit Award
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