Intellectual Freedom News 6/7/2024
Highlights
- Texas Library Must Reshelve Controversial Books, 5th Cir. Says | Bloomberg Law
- Acclaimed poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib to headline second annual Rally for the Right to Read | ALA
- American Library Association President Emily Drabinski to embark on cross country library tour | ALA
- Your Guide to Intellectual Freedom and Privacy at ALA Annual 2024 | Intellectual Freedom Blog
- Former Hempfield School District librarian, ‘fighter’ for intellectual freedom, wins national award | Lancaster Online (PA)
- Tom C. Clark High School Awarded ALA’s 2024 Jaffarian Award for Freedom Walk Program | ALA
- Human Rights Hero: The Librarian | American Bar Association
- A workbook for navigating intellectual freedom challenges | ALA
Censorship
- Librarian who quit job rather than enforce restrictive library policy wins intellectual freedom award | Lancaster Online (PA)
- BISD Pulls 5 Books From Libraries That Local Pastor’s Group Deemed Inappropriate | KURV (TX)
- Here are four books requested to be removed or restricted in Corpus Christi libraries | Caller Times (TX)
- The Library Board voted on a request to remove a book. Here’s what they decided. | Caller Times (TX)
- Knox County school board considers banning ‘explicit’ books from libraries | WVLT (TN)
- Prattville Library board to consider policy changes, delaying lawsuit | Alabama Political Reporter (AL)
- Advocates highlight book bans, Title IX at Franklin Pride | WKRN (TN)
- St. Joseph School District receives first library book challenge, begins review process | KQ2 (MO)
- Books take center stage again at NHC school board meeting, this time over selections in statewide competition | Port City Daily (NC)
- Book bans have become a powerful censorship tool in Colorado. Libraries and patrons hold the line. | Rocky Mountain PBS (CO)
- Records reveal Fort Bend ISD board member is the only person pushing for library books to be removed | ABC13 (TX)
- Oglethorpe Library Moves YA Memoir About ‘Black Queer Boys’ to Adult Section | Flagpole (GA)
- Thousands of Temecula residents to vote on recall of controversial school board president | ABC7 (CA)
- ‘There are checks and balances’: Corpus Christi Library Board creates subcommittee to help with book selection policy | KIII (TX)
- Fort Bend ISD trustees considering new policy that could fast-track book bans | Houston Chronicle (TX)
- School board approves 10 new principals, votes to keep two books on school library shelves | Alachua Chronicle (FL)
- Brownsville ISD reviewing books for inappropriate material | KRGV (TX)
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- How Donald Trump Could Weaponize US Surveillance in a Second Term | WIRED
- Heightened Privacy Protections for Children in Virginia | JD Supra (VA)
- 11 years after Snowden revelations, government still expanding surveillance | Freedom of the Press Foundation
First Amendment & Civil Rights
- ACLU says Department of Corrections is illegally limiting access to attorneys in Alaska | Alaska Public Media (AK)
- Supreme Court won’t hear InfoWars host’s First Amendment challenge to Jan. 6 conviction | Politico
- Executive Order to shut down the border would put thousands of lives at risk | ACLU
- Plaintiffs Allege Retaliation Over LGBTQ Book Dispute Against Saint Tammany Parish | Louisiana Record (LA)
- Louisiana law that could limit filming of police hampers key tool for racial justice, attorneys say | Washington Post (LA)
- ‘Passive enforcement’ policy valid under First Amendment | Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly
- ACLU Launches 2024 Election Push to Protect Abortion and Voting Rights | ACLU
Academic Freedom & Student Speech
- ‘Manufacturing Backlash’: To understand the right-wing legislative attacks on higher education, follow the money, Isaac Kamola writes. | Inside Higher Ed
- Can a State Really Control a Classroom? | Chronicle of Higher Education
- ‘Unprecedented Steps’: Board Pulls Plug on Columbia Law Review Website | Inside Higher Ed
Legislation
- California ban on book bans passes key vote | Courthouse News Service (CA)
- Vermont Library Association Applauds the Passage of S.220, Protecting Libraries and the Freedom to Read in Vermont | Vermont Libraries (VT)
State & Local Governance
- Florida revises school library book removal training after public outcry | USA Today
- Major writers for children and young adults among over 380 authors calling on South Carolina lawmakers to reject restrictions to evaluate books in public schools | PEN America (SC)
Journalism & Media
- Google’s A.I. Search Leaves Publishers Scrambling | New York Times
- Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war | Committee to Protect Journalists
Social Media
Net Neutrality & Broadband Access
- ISPs Asking FCC to Stay Net Neutrality Rules by June 7 | Broadband Breakfast
- Telecoms seek to block US reinstatement of net neutrality rules | Reuters
- The Areas Hit Hardest by the End of the ACP Internet Subsidy | Government Technology
Disinformation & Media Literacy
- Fake News Reports and Videos Seek to Undermine the Paris Olympics | New York Times
- A Year of Preparation Under the Specter of Conspiracy | Southern Poverty Law Center
- How the Electoral College increases disinformation risks | Brookings
- Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War | New York Times
- ‘We the People’ are bulwarks against Russian disinformation | George W. Bush Presidential Center
- Can California fill the federal void on frontier AI regulation? | Brookings
- Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think | Nature
International
- As China’s Internet Disappears, ‘We Lose Parts of Our Collective Memory’ | New York Times (China)
Around the Web
- The Mandate for Leadership, Then and Now | Nation
- Used paperbacks change lives behind bars, even with growing prison book bans | Washington Post
- Amanda Gorman: America’s future tense | Los Angeles Times
- Hempfield School District librarian to become Pennsylvania School Librarians Association president | Lancaster Online
- California Recall Elections Test Strength of Conservative School Board Movement | KQED
- This corner of California is at the front line of parental rights battles. Now it faces a big test | San Francisco Chronicle
- Newsmaker: Dave Eggers | American Libraries
- Local drag queen story time achieves Guinness World Records title | Philadelphia Gay News
- Activists and librarians are fighting a wave of challenges to books, many with LGBTQ themes | WPLN
- One graduate’s quiet protest: Bringing a banned book to commencement | Washington Post
- States begin to push back on book bans – by banning them | CNN
- Ocean Vuong offers to send free copies of his book to Texas following ban | Boston.com
- ACLU Releases Roadmap to Protect Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Second Trump or Biden Administration with Launch of 2024 Election Policy Memo Series | ACLU
- Beyoncé Banned From the Classroom? The Race and Gender Debates Continue | Ms. Magazine
ALA News
- American Library Association welcomes FCC cybersecurity funding pilot for libraries, calls for long-term funding
- Core President’s Program features Jay Ellis
- Meet the 2024 Class of Emerging Leaders at a Poster Session during ALA Annual Conference
- RUSA Model Interlibrary Loan License Clause (2024)
- Register Now for Core Forum 2024!
- AASL appoints 2025 National Conference Committee
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