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LGBTQ+ Mis/Disinformation Is a Public Health and Safety Issue

The inaugural Social Media Safety Index report from GLAAD, when combined with recent anti-LGBTQ+ education legislation, reveals that LGBTQ+ mis/disinformation has created public health and safety issues based on an unsound free speech argument.

July 29, 2021July 28, 2021 Jamie Gregory Diversity, Information Access, LGBTQIA+
Minnesota’s 2020 Teacher of the Year Quorsho Hassan reading to her students.

Are Anti-Racism Book Challenges On The Rise?

There’s been a marked increase in challenges of children’s books that combat racism and immigrant bias. With social media and citizen journalism, there have been many instances of police brutality that have been recorded in the past couple of years. With this, challenges of children’s books addressing police brutality and racism have risen.

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Sabine Jean Dantus Banned and Challenged Books, Diversity, Minors
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Parlez-vous Free Speech?

Election disinformation believers, censored on Twitter but welcomed on Parler, prompt society to consider the value of the unfettered freedom to spread dangerously false information.

November 30, 2020February 13, 2021 Jamie Gregory First Amendment, News Literacy, Social Media
Synonyms for false information

Is the Truth Liberal?

We teach students to consider multiple points of view on topics in order to appreciate and understand diverse viewpoints, but what happens when there can’t be another point of view because the topic is false information?

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Jamie Gregory Education, News Literacy, Political Viewpoint
QAnon conspiracy theory

The Far Reaches of Misinformation

The 2020 Presidential election, the COVID-19 pandemic, and an increase in digital, remote learning reveal the importance of providing students with nuanced, varied learning opportunities related to misinformation.

September 17, 2020February 13, 2021 Jamie Gregory Displays, Education, News Literacy
Headshot of William Marden, Director of Privacy and Compliance at the New York Public Library.

Helping Privacy Survive COVID-19: Inspirational Tidbits from William Marden, NYPL Director of Privacy and Compliance

William Marden, NYPL Director of Privacy and Compliance, gives advice about privacy as we move online during COVID-19 pandemic.

June 8, 2020February 13, 2021 Samantha Mairson General Interest, Policies, Privacy
Social Media

The Electronic Closet: Investigating Accusations of Queer Suppression on Facebook and Instagram

Queer users are challenging Facebook, Instagram, and other social media sites for suppressing and censoring their content. In the face of information suppression, librarians can push back against censorship through facilitating awareness and strategies of promoting representation and visibility.

February 27, 2020November 5, 2020 Kristin Pekoll Censorship, LGBTQIA+, Social Media
Mark Zuckerberg during a 2018 keynote by Anthony Quintano.

Privacy, the 1st Amendment, and antitrust allegations: What is going on in the digital world?

The increasing focus on privacy and antitrust issues, along with how to handle advertising via social media, could mean big changes on the horizon and librarians would do well to consider the potential implications and how we can help our patrons navigate and understand digital consumption.

November 18, 2019November 10, 2019 Lisa Hoover First Amendment, Privacy
IFLA "How To Spot Fake News"

Teaching Disinformation Literacy

Instead of focusing mainly on fake websites when teaching information literacy skills, teachers should introduce the term disinformation and provide students with learning opportunities to explore the detrimental effects disinformation has on society.

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Jamie Gregory First Amendment, News Literacy, Political Viewpoint
brain

This is Your Brain on Facebook

Facebook’s boundless pursuit of data has broken into your gray matter. Our last stronghold of privacy will be compromised so we can type faster. Seems legit.

June 24, 2019June 14, 2019 Ross Sempek Privacy, Social Media, Technology

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