Intellectual Freedom News 6/8/2018
June 8, 2018 – Collated by OIF Staff and News Editors
Intellectual Freedom Highlights
Censorship
- Restricting books behind bars | American Libraries
- Library books come back into focus for school board | Cody Enterprise (WY)
- Books can change lives: Watchung Hills Regional High School Board of Education addresses ‘Fun Home’ controversy, hears comments | TapInto (NJ)
- Advocates fight to rescind “book ban” | WDVM-TV (Washington, DC)
- Maryland prisons shouldn’t be restricting inmates’ access to books | The Diamondback
- Top 10 most challenged books FAQ: A conversation with Kristin Pekoll | OIF Blog
- Drag Queen Storytime prompts community feedback, Beloit Public Library says | Channel 3000 (WI)
Privacy
- How Americans have viewed government surveillance and privacy since Snowden leaks | Pew Research Center FactTank
- Homeland Security’s Massive New Database Will Include Face Recognition, DNA, and Peoples’ “Non-Obvious Relationships” | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends | New York Times
- Facebook bug set 14 million settings to public | CNN Tech
- Hands off my data! 15 default privacy settings you should change right now | The Washington Post
See this week’s additional privacy news and updates on the Choose Privacy Week blog.
Net Neutrality and Broadband Access
- Net neutrality will be repealed Monday unless Congress takes action | Ars Technica
- ISPs Have Asked the Senate to Limit Funds for Rural Internet | Motherboard
- This is how net neutrality will end | ACLU
- FCC ‘lied to media’ saying net neutrality comment flood was cyberattack | Newsweek
- States defy FCC repeal of net neutrality | The Hill
- California’s net neutrality bill could set a national standard | The Verge
Access
- Baltimore’s Pratt Library goes fine free for overdue books | The Baltimore Sun (MD)
- Iowa library to start home delivery program | The Seattle Times
Free Press, Social Media, and Fake News
- Alleged censorship of high school paper fuels hope for legislative action | The Texas Monitor
- Ex-Senate Aide Charged in Leak Case Where Times Reporter’s Records Were Seized | New York Times
First Amendment and Free Speech
- White House appeals ruling that President can’t block Twitter followers | NPR
- Two federal appeals courts uphold national motto on money from constitutional and statutory challenges | Freedom Forum Institute
- Roseanne and the NFL: Free speech in the free market | OIF Blog
- Supreme Court issues narrow ruling in wedding cake case watched by educators | Ed Week School Law Blog
- The Court’s Religious Discrimination Reasoning in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case | Volokh Conspiracy
- Project Blitz: The legislative assault by Christian nationalists to reshape America | The Guardian
- Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Rejects Legal Challenge to “In God We Trust” | Volokh Conspiracy
Around the Web
- ‘I can understand about 50 percent of the things you say’: How Congress is struggling to get smart on tech | Washington Post
- UVa Library’s plan to cut stacks by half sparks faculty concerns | The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Almost seven-in-ten Americans have news fatigue, more among Republicans | Pew Fact Tank
International Issues
- Pakistani journalist critical of military abducted, then freed | Radio Free Europe
- China is so adamant about crushing dissent and promoting moral values that couches are now banned from videos | Business Insider
- France is voting on a law banning fake news. Here’s how it could work | Time
ALA News
- Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden to moderate a conversation with former First Lady Michelle Obama at the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition
- 2019 ALA Annual Conference program proposals are now open
- The Incredibles to use superpowers for Library Card Sign-up Month
- Open Access 2020: An American Libraries Live webcast
- Celebrate the best in GLBT literature at the 2018 Stonewall Book Awards Ceremony
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