[Libs-Or] Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee Newsletter: Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions - May 2018

[Lisa TAYLOR]

*May 2018Rights, Responsibilities & ReactionsIntellectual Freedom News*


*Censorship*

Two Oregon school districts leave book competition over trans character
<http://cbldf.org/2018/05/2-oregon-school-districts-leave-reading-competition-over-trans-character/>
CBLDF

Kids' book about transgender child prompts school districts to drop out of
reading challenge
<https://d1dwvcwq657ipv.cloudfront.net/episodes/original/23028545?episode_id=14829806&response-content-disposition=attachment%3Bfilename%3D%22districts_drop_out_of_oregon_battle_of_the_books.mp3%22&Expires=1527698217&Signature=G5f7IjZXKu67cWoX~jE~5u~J8kLebqrACZy-GDGs0IdN5lGAWsY3-Boe05zAJg81Ema~aUSa1gbaDzZ3i2mNJL9KZEBiMuJSaRrto9npOt7ylM6pmFpQJ109kJHk~vzVlpXOEtJStcsjV2hRRYn8kzHLsI19Fnghz6GJ6WNjbVI_&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJBD223KRVW6VKWSA>
Think Out Loud, OPB

Two districts drop out of book competition in Oregon
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pro-trans-kid-book-prompts-schools-drop-competition-article-1.3967710>
New York Daily News

Librarians cannot self-censor or capitulate to “George” complaints
<https://www.slj.com/2018/05/opinion/librarians-cannot-self-censor-capitulate-george-complaints-opinion/>
(opinion)
School Library Journal

Concern Over Removal of Poetry Display at Aurora Public Library
<http://ncac.org/blog/concern-over-removal-of-poetry-display-at-aurora-public-library>
National Coalition Against Censorship

Academics Strike Over Freedom of Speech
<http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20180510131238539>
University World News

Privacy

G.D.P.R., a new privacy law, makes Europe world’s leading tech watchdog
<https://nyti.ms/2Lq0rAC> New York Times

Getting a flood of privacy policy updates?  Read them
<https://nyti.ms/2J0P8jR> New York Times What the G.D.P.R., Europe’s tough
new data law, means for you
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/technology/gdpr-european-privacy-law.html>
New York Times 13 Things to know about GDPR
<https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2018/05/23/gdpr-mozilla/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mih-05-24-18&utm_content=button>
Internet
Citizen, Mozilla

When a stranger takes your face: Facebook’s failed crackdown on fake
accounts
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/when-a-stranger-takes-your-face-facebooks-failed-crackdown-on-fake-accounts/2018/05/04/d3318838-4f1a-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html>
The Washington Post

Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch
<https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-passwords/twitter-says-glitch-exposed-substantial-number-of-users-passwords-idUSKBN1I42JG?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social>
Reuters

How the Math Men Overthrew the Mad Men
<https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-the-math-men-overthrew-the-mad-men>
The
New Yorker

The Google privacy conundrum: Why locking down your data is a hard choice
<https://www.pcworld.com/article/3271138/security/googles-apple-privacy.html>
PCWorld

Net Neutrality

Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality — but it has a long way to go
<https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/16/17357592/net-neutrality-senate-vote-cra-reinstate-fcc-rules>
The Verge

Senate Democrats Win Vote on Net Neutrality, Centerpiece of 2018 Strategy
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/technology/net-neutrality-senate.html>
New York Times

Net neutrality set to end June 11
<http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/10/technology/net-neutrality-end-date/index.html>
 CNN Money

California Senate Votes to Reinstate Net Neutrality
<https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/30/17406182/california-senate-net-neutrality-vote>
The Verge

What K-12 IT directors should expect from upcoming net neutrality changes
<https://edscoop.com/net-neutrality-changes-school-it-directors-can-expect>
Edscoop

*Free Speech *Should Bots Have a Right to Free Speech? This Non-Profit
Thinks So. <https://futurism.com/robots-free-speech-rights/> Futurism

Intellectual Property

Author Trademarks the Word 'Cocky,' Earns the Ire of Romance Writers
Everywhere
<https://www.eff.org/takedowns/author-trademarks-cocky-earns-ire-romance-writers-everywhere>
Electronic Frontier Foundation

*Access *Americans connect with government at the library – so fix the
Federal Depository Library Program
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/386466-americans-connect-with-government-at-the-library-so-fix-the>
The Hill

Diversity

Bookstores by and for people of color are finding their industry niche
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bookstores-by-and-for-people-of-color-are-finding-their-industry-niche/2018/05/01/c4033aa4-48c7-11e8-8b5a-3b1697adcc2a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4ed4a6d896e1>
 Washington Post

Among thousands of LGBTQ teens, a survey finds anxiety and fears about
safety
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2018/05/14/083b9ae4-57ab-11e8-b656-a5f8c2a9295d_story.html>
Washington Post


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*L**isa Taylor*
Library Assistant
Multnomah County Library
Central Library
Schedule: Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Pronouns: she/her

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