Intellectual Freedom News

August 17, 2016

Office for Intellectual Freedom

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Censorship

• VA; Eleanor and Park, Tyrell, Dope Sick; National Coalition Against Censorship warns School Board book removal infringes on student rights | Chesterfield Observer
• Uganda; Love Lessons; ‘Obscene’ British children’s book seized from Uganda school | News24
• FL; TTFN; TTYL; Nassau County parents outraged about school library books with explicit content | CBS 47
• OR; banned books display; Should racially offensive books remain on display? | Daily Tidings; Book cover sparks conversation on racial sensitivity | NBC 5; OSF and bookstore at odds over banned books display | Mail Tribune

Legislation & Filtering

• ‘The parent is always in charge’ under new Billings library computer policy | Billings Gazette

Privacy

• Comcast understands the value of privacy, might charge for it | Disruptive Views
• Health files make for a juicy target for thieves | Boston Globe
• Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of Exemptions; Department of Homeland
• Orlando Bloom naked pictures: What privacy rights does the actor have? | Independent

Around the Web

• Transgender themes enter teen fiction | USA Today “Of course, LGBT books also have a history of being challenged, and last year, four of the 10 most challenged books, according to the library association, had LGBT themes. Two were specifically about transgender issues, but both were non-fiction: I Am Jazz, a children’s picture book by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, and Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin.”
• “A honeypot for assholes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-year failure to stop harassment | BuzzFeed
• Banned book trading cards V: the quest for diversity | Lawrence Public Library
• Rep. John Lewis’s new ‘March: Book Three’ rises to the historic occasion | Washington Post
• Family to Norman Rockwell Museum: Remove ‘fraudulent’ book | WRAL

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