[Libs-Or] Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: Intellectual Freedom News - September 2018

[Lisa TAYLOR]

September 2018

Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions

Intellectual Freedom News


Censorship

West Virginia library tries to keep Bob Woodward's* Fear* off the shelves
<http://time.com/5397165/west-virginia-library-bob-woodward-fear/> Time

Rumford Public Library's display of banned books will stay
<http://www.sunjournal.com/rumford-public-librarys-display-of-banned-books-will-stay/>
Sun
Journal

Privacy

UK surveillance regime violated human rights
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/uk-surveillance-regime-violated-human-rights>
 Electronic
Freedom Foundation

Privacy advocates are back in court fighting the NSA surveillance -- it's
an uphill battle
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/09/04/the-cybersecurity-202-privacy-advocates-are-back-in-court-fighting-nsa-surveillance-it-s-an-uphill-battle/5b8d69f21b326b3f31919f29/?utm_term=.a050c1b81335>
Washington
Post

Chamber of Commerce calls for Congress to block state privacy laws
<https://thehill.com/policy/technology/405433-chamber-of-commerce-calls-for-congress-to-block-state-privacy-laws>
The Hill

Net Neutrality

Justice Department sues to stop California Net Neutrality Law
<https://nyti.ms/2OprPTJ> New York Times

Access

FCC data exaggerates broadband access on tribal lands
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/broadband-access-on-tribal-lands-is-likely-even-worse-than-fcc-says/>
Ars
Technica

About a quarter of rural Americans say access to high speed internet is a
major problem
<http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/09/10/about-a-quarter-of-rural-americans-say-access-to-high-speed-internet-is-a-major-problem/>
Pew
Research Center

Want to defend democracy?  Start with your public library
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-defend-democracy-start-with-your-public-library/2018/09/18/7addf05a-bab2-11e8-9812-a389be6690af_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9f06cb6d4315>
(opinion) Washington Post

Senate passes copyright bill to end 140 year old protection for old songs
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/senate-passes-copyright-bill-to-end-140-year-protection-for-old-songs/>
The Senate just passed a major copyright bill -- here’s what it does. Ars
Technica

Diversity

Drag storytimes bring fierceness -- and fierce opposition
<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/drag-queen-storytimes-bring-fierceness-and-fierce-opposition/>
 American Libraries Magazine

Children's Book Council debuts Diversity Awards
<https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/78161-children-s-book-council-debuts-diversity-awards.html>
Publisher’s
Weekly

Keepers of the underground:  The Hiphop Archive at Harvard
<https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/641599819/keepers-of-the-underground-the-hiphop-archive-at-harvard>
NPR


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*Lisa Taylor*
Library Assistant
Multnomah County Library
Central Library
Schedule: Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Pronouns: she/her
https://multcolib.org





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