[Libs-Or] Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - May 2019

[Lisa Taylor]

May 2019

Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions

Intellectual Freedom News


May 2019

Censorship

Library reconsiders 'P is for Palestine' kids book reading after backlash
from public
<https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2019/05/library-reconsiders-p-is-for-palestine-kids-book-reading-after-backlash-from-public.html>
NJ.com


LGBT book bill faces local opposition
<https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/lgbt-book-bill-faces-local-opposition/article_7d47133a-f5f7-53ad-a83b-b42acdf90408.html>
Effingham Daily News

Misguided Ban on Used Books in Ohio Prisons Marks Troubling Erosion of the
Right to Read
<https://pen.org/press-release/book-ban-ohio-prisons-troubling/>   PEN
America

Ohio Public Library cancels 'Drag 101' class after receiving 'veiled
threats'
<https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/446072-ohio-public-library-cancels-drag-101-class-after-receiving>
The
Hill

Censorship can't be the only answer to disinformation online
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/censorship-cant-be-only-answer-disinformation-online>
Electronic
Frontier Foundation


Privacy

Research Library Issues, no. 297 (2019): The Current Privacy Landscape
<https://publications.arl.org/rli297/> Association of Research Libraries

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   Reader Privacy: The New Shape of the Threat
   <https://publications.arl.org/16ivjbv/>
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   Legal Landscape of Consumer/User Data Privacy and Current Policy
   Discussions <https://publications.arl.org/16ivjc1/>
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   Privacy in Public Libraries <https://publications.arl.org/16ivjc3/>

Centering civil rights in the privacy debate
<https://www.newamerica.org/weekly/edition-249/centering-civil-rights-privacy-debate/>
New
America

Voices of the poor must be heard in the data privacy debate
<https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2019/05/voices-of-the-poor-must-be-heard-in-the-data-privacy-debate/>
The
Jurist, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

San Francisco takes historic step forward in the fight for privacy
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/san-francisco-takes-historic-step-forward-fight-privacy>
 Electronic Frontier Foundation

     San Francisco becomes the first city to ban facial recognition software
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/14/san-francisco-becomes-first-city-us-ban-facial-recognition-software/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5ae548e10c65>
Washington
Post

The Privacy Project
<https://www.nytimes.com/series/new-york-times-privacy-project> NYT
continues to explore issues and ideas around digital privacy this month New
York Times



It's time to break up Facebook <https://nyti.ms/2VTIy5l> Opinion by Chris
Hughes

Are workplace wellness programs a privacy problem? What you must know about
these perks and your personal information
<https://www.consumerreports.org/health-privacy/are-workplace-wellness-programs-a-privacy-problem/>
Consumer Reports

Freedom of Speech

Donald Trump, the ACLU and the ongoing battle over the legitimacy of free
speech
<https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/donald-trump-the-aclu-and-the-ongoing-battle-over-the-legitimacy-of-free-speech>
The
New Yorker

Diversity

How Ancestry.com has failed African American customers
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/31/how-ancestrycom-has-failed-african-american-customers/>
The
Washington Post


Access & Net Neutrality

The digital divide is worse than we thought: A look inside America's
deeply-rooted digital divide
<https://www.techradar.com/news/the-digital-divide-is-worse-than-we-thoughtful?utm_campaign=Newsletters&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email>
Tech Radar

Native American tribes across the country are pushing for better internet
access <http://time.com/5589417/native-american-tribes-internet/> Time

Millions of refugees need broadband, too
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/04/24/millions-refugees-need-broadband-too/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8d46692e92cf>
Washington
Post

Paywall:  the business of scholarship -- a review  & discussion with
director Jason Schmitt <https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=17751>  Intellectual
Freedom Blog, ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom

Intellectual Freedom for the Incarcerated
<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=17824> American Library Association’s
Office of Intellectual Freedom

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Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions is a monthly roundup of Intellectual
Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom
Committee
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