Highlights

• New Issue of the ‘Journal of Intellectual Freedom and Privacy’ Now Available
• 40 Virtual Program Ideas for Banned Books Week

Censorship

• Alaska Community Unites in Opposition to Book Ban | NCAC
• Decorah Library Board rejects request to remove an item from the library’s collection | Decorah News

Privacy and Cybersecurity

• Using differential privacy to harness big data and preserve privacy | Brookings
• NSA and FBI warn that new Linux malware threatens national security | Ars Technica
• Virginia Legislative Commission Set to Begin Look at Data Protection, Privacy and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Issues | Lexology

Additional privacy news for August 14 and updates are available at the Choose Privacy Every Day blog.

First Amendment, Free Speech, and Civil Liberties

• Trump’s TikTok War Pits Free Speech Against National Security | The Hollywood Reporter
• ACLU Sues Boston Police for Use of Force, Surveillance Docs | U.S. News & World Report
• Law Alone Can’t Protect Free Speech | WSJ|Opinion
• US Protest Law Tracker | International Center for Non-Profit Law “The US Protest Law Tracker, part of ICNL’s US Program, follows initiatives at the state and federal level since November 2016 that restrict the right to peaceful assembly.”

Access

• Librarian on a Cart: Bringing the Library to the Classroom | Knowledge Quest

Net Neutrality & Broadband Access

• Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s VP pick. Here’s what she means for tech | c|net
• Charter tries to convince FCC that broadband customers want data caps | Ars Technica

Academic Freedom & Campus Speech

• How Racist Are Universities, Really? | The Chronicle of Higher Education
• These Scholars Denounced the Police. Do Their Universities Have Their Backs? | The Chronicle of Higher Education
• After The Fiasco At Princeton, Professors Need To Decide What They Stand For | Forbes
• Can The Feds Protect Campus Free Speech? | Forbes

Fake News, Free Press, Social Media

• Democrats Hate Facebook. Republicans Want To Ban TikTok. The Bipartisan Backlash Against Big Tech Is Here and It’s a Disaster | Reason
• Georgia High School Punishes Students Over Social Media Photos | NCAC

Copyright

• Disney, Netflix Sue Streaming Service for Copyright Infringement | Bloomberg Law
• ‘Family Friendly’ Streaming Service VidAngel Appeals $62 Million Copyright Verdict | Digital News Daily
• Old Copyright Submissions — Hawthorne, Twain, Douglass and Thousands More | Library of Congress Blog
• Helpless No More? Neil Young Sues Trump Campaign for Use of His Songs | SHOOT

International News

• Tesco pulls ‘racist’ T-shirt from sale as books featuring same design are shredded | The Mirror
• Police use of facial recognition violates human rights, UK court rules | Ars Technica

Around the Web

• An Invitation to Danger: Perspectives on Intellectual Freedom and Information War | Intellectual Freedom Blog
• Greenville County settles lawsuit with ex-librarian in relation to Drag Queen Story Hour | MSN
• CBLDF Welcomes Jeff Trexler as Interim Director | CBDLF
• Libraries remove vital trans teen book after disgraceful far-right letter writing campaign linking LGBT+ lives to paedophilia | PinkNews
• Fortnite Creator Sues Apple and Google After Ban From App Stores | The New York Times
  • Apple and Google Can Hold Out Longer Than a Fortnite | The Wall Street Journal

ALA News

• Volunteer to Serve on ALA, Council, and Joint Committees for 2021-2023
• AASL announces Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning
• ALA COVID-19 resources guide path to reopening and recovery
• Digital Access at Home grants; due August 26
• Libraries invited to apply for ALA’s ‘Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change’; due August 28

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