Tag: Internet filtering
Where does Kavanaugh stand on privacy, net neutrality, 1st Amendment?
Like a good proportion of the country, I have been doing my best to catch bits and pieces of the Senate hearings regarding the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the US Supreme Court. When I sat down to write this blog I wondered, what impact might Kavanaugh’s confirmation have on intellectual freedom issues?
Intellectual Freedom News 1/5/2018
Trump demands that publisher halt release of critical book; ACLU targets schools on internet filtering; Utah Art teacher fired after showing nudes from classical paintings to students; Free printable 2018 calendars to advocate for intellectual freedom
Academic Freedom Triumphs Over Internet Filtering Policy
Peg Johnson, the library director at Santa Fe Community College, explains how she worked to change the campus’ policy on filtering content on the library’s computers.
Common Sense Media: Promoting Family Values or Dictating Them?
These days, Common Sense Media’s initiatives contain a less than subtle paternalism based on the conviction that its values should control children’s learning experiences. Early pronouncements like Core Belief #6 (“We believe that through informed decision making, we can improve the media landscape one decision at a time”) suddenly come across as a determination to reform that landscape in its own image.
“404 Day” next Friday: EFF sponsoring teach-in on internet filtering in libraries
Via Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), next Friday is April 4, aka 4/04, or 404. On that day, the EFF is sponsoring a “digital teach-in” about internet filtering in libraries and […]
OIF provides tips for libraries under fire
Reprinted from The Scoop blog. For a full summary of the Orland Park Public Library controversy, read the entire post: Illinois Library Comes Under Fire “Sometimes libraries that are doing […]
IFAction News Roundup, January 1 – 5
Privacy/Technology NYTimes Op-Ed: Internet Access Is Not a Human Right No Warrant Needed for GPS Monitoring, Judge Rules How the Feds Are Tracking Your Kid Related: Data-Crazy Department of Education […]
New Library Technology Reports issue focuses on intellectual freedom and privacy
OIF is excited to have participated in the production of the most recent issue of Library Technology Reports, which focuses on intellectual freedom and privacy issues in today’s technology. Articles […]
IFC/FTRF Issues Briefing Tackles Meeting Rooms, Internet Filtering, and Organized Challenges
The IFC/FTRF Issues Briefing at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference features two speakers who will spotlight cutting edge intellectual freedom issues that are raising questions and concerns for libraries today. […]