Tag: Internet filtering

Office for Intellectual Freedom

Statement Regarding Midwest Tape/Hoopla Age and Content Ratings System 

The Office for Intellectual Freedom is aware that Midwest Tape / Hoopla plans to offer an audience or content filtering system to librarians and library workers. The system will allow librarians and library workers to filter the platform’s content based on whether Midwest Tape / Hoopla believes the materials contain content some consider questionable or controversial for certain audiences. OIF has reached out to Midwest Tape / Hoopla to discuss our concerns about the proposal.

ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Staff Intellectual Freedom Issues, Labeling and Rating
District of Columbia Circuit Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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?

Lisa Hoover Civil Liberties, First Amendment, General Interest, Government Information, Intellectual Freedom Issues, Internet Filters, PATRIOT Act, Political Viewpoint, Privacy, Security, Surveillance
Common Sense Media Ratings

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.

Joyce Johnston Labeling and Rating