Intellectual Freedom News 9/9/2022
Highlights
- With libraries under threat, Literatian Award goes to Watts-raised super-librarian Tracie D. Hall | Los Angeles Times
- E-Course on the First Amendment and Library Services Begins September 12 | ALA
- Censorship wars: Why have several communities voted to defund their public libraries? | WBUR
Censorship
- Why two books on gender identity, sexuality are roiling local schools | Portland Press-Herald (ME)
- What are some notable books that have been banned in some Oklahoma schools? | Oklahoman
- Battle over books rages in North Texas school district amid outcry over new policy | KMA
- Parents blame conservative cell phone company for school book bans | Advocate (TX)
- Conservatives join liberals in ‘quiet and polite’ Idaho protest to protect their library from book-banners | CNN
- Rochester council, and community, reject bid to ban four LGBTQ+ books: ‘This is an attack’ | Foster’s Daily Democrat (NH)
- Huntsville residents push back after city removes ‘Read With Pride’ display from public library | NPR (TX)
- Obscenity suit exposed an outdated law and a society too reliant on government to raise kids | Virginia Mercury
- Local school committee votes to keep controversial books on shelves, but board delays next step | WFTV (FL)
- This Oklahoma teacher helped students get banned books. An official wants her license revoked | USA Today
- Unbanning history: Georgia teen organizers fight back against school censorship | Southern Poverty Law Center
- Belton ISD addressing challenged books, parent access | Belton Journal (TX)
- Library hears public comments about children’s library content | Dayton Chronicle (WA)
- Council opposes book banning, adopts Freedom to Read resolution | Austin Monitor (TX)
- Texas YA, adult banned book clubs launched amid title challenges | KXAN
- Keller ISD sparks controversy over book removals | Timber Creek Talon (TX)
- Oklahoma school book ban blocks works from eight Black authors–Full list | Newsweek
- Despite a bit of spitting, name calling, parents will keep bringing kids to Drag Queen Story Hours | Fairfield Sun Times (MT)
- Broward’s elementary schools will start publishing their list of books. Some deemed ‘objectionable’ might get tossed. | South Florida Sun Sentinel
- ‘It’s Perfectly Normal’ will not be banned at Maine school district | NBC News Center Maine
- Bonny Eagle school board votes against removing controversial book from middle school library | Portland Press-Herald (ME)
- How book bans turned a Texas town upside down | New York Times
- Public libraries face threats to funding and collections as book bans surge | Time Magazine
- Censorship attempts will have a long-lasting impact on school library collections, SLJ survey shows | School Library Journal
- Librarians fight censorship as attacks grow around state | Lansing City Pulse
Privacy & Cybersecurity
- School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them | Popular Science
- The US may soon learn what a ‘kid-friendly’ internet looks like | WIRED
- Another shot at challenging secret surveillance? | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Internet service providers drop challenge of [Maine] privacy law | Valdosta Daily Times/Associated Press
- Amazon’s latest purchases are a surveillance nightmare | MSNBC
First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties
- The Supreme Court case that could make civil rights laws optional | Balls and Strikes
- Judge throws out majority of Augusta County Sheriff’s Office charges from 2021 protests | Staunton News Leader
- No one wants to defend the new AZ law that makes filming police officers a crime | AZ Mirror
- Professor, student file new First Amendment challenge to ‘Stop WOKE Act’ | WLRN (FL)
- Texas school district imposes broad restrictions on transgender students’ rights | Education Week
Academic Freedom
- Government Operations chair tells universities to drop LGBTQ policies | Tennessee Lookout
- Inside the academic freedom crisis that roiled Florida’s flagship | Chronicle of Higher Education
Journalism
- High school journalists in LA learn about censorship, from their own principal | LAist
- Student journalists reveal a changing world. Let them. | New York Times
Net Neutrality and Broadband Access
- FCC turns Internet into a public utility | Daily Beast
Social Media
- Judge says Fauci, Jean-Pierre have to turn over emails to social media companies to Schmitt | Kansas City Star
Information Literacy & Disinformation
- Nobel laureates call for action on online disinformation | Express Tribune
- Faith factor: Spiritual groups on Facebook as effective tools for disinformation | Rappler
International News
- Chinese social media sites are quietly putting digital fingerprints on screenshots | VICE
- Netflix: Gulf states demand removal of ‘offensive’ content | Wire
- Hong Kong judge finds five guilty over children’s books | BBC
Around the Web
- Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’ is the latest One Book, One Chicago title. It feels like a provocation. | Chicago Tribune
- Florida Gov. DeSantis leads a nationwide shift to politicizing school board races | NPR
- School just started but the debate surrounding gender and race in classrooms is already at a fever pitch | CNN
- Battle lines drawn for school board wars | Santa Barbara News-Press
- Teens are fighting back against LGBTQ book bans | VICE
- Peter Eckersley, tech activist and founder of Let’s Encrypt, dies at 43 | TechSpot
- Conservative Texas phone company fueling extremist takeover of schools | Guardian
- DeSantis censors school libraries | FSU News
- Challenged books: The fight for freedom to read hits close to home | Enid News (OK)
- Drag queen story hour at Campbell bookstore interrupted by protesters | Mercury News
- Serious concerns as almost a third of librarians asked to censor material | Bookseller
- Daring to speak up about race in a divided school district | New York Times Magazine
- Against critical race theory being taught in schools? Read this. | Hill
- NCAC announces virtual resources for Banned Books Week | Government Technology
- Wake County librarian advocates for diverse books, speaks out against book banning | Spectrum News 1 (NC)
ALA News
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table to launch Ashley Bryan Video Tribute
- Fostering wellness in the library workplace
- Scholarship Applications Now Open
- Marjory Blumenthal and Dr. Christopher Harris Appointed ALA Senior Policy Fellows
- Final Day to Submit Emerging Leaders Application Nears
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