[Libs-Or] Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - January 2022

[Brian McGUIRK]

Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - January
2022

Censorship

School Board in Tennessee Bans Teaching of Holocaust Novel ‘Maus’
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/us/maus-banned-holocaust-tennessee.html?searchResultPosition=3>-
New York Times

Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html?searchResultPosition=6>
- New York Times

Nobody Is Stepping Up at Twitter
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter.html?searchResultPosition=8>
- New York Times (Opinion)

The law prevails in new Chinese edit of ‘Fight Club,’ and Chuck Palahniuk
seems OK with that
<https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2022/01/the-law-prevails-in-new-chinese-edit-of-fight-club-and-chuck-palahniuk-seems-ok-with-that.html>-
Oregonian

Prayer vigil rebukes controversial books in Walla Walla schools
<https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/northwest/prayer-vigil-rebukes-controversial-books-in-walla-walla-schools/article_c20257de-e30e-5a92-a0ca-a12bd3e315d6.html>
- East Oregonian

Why experts say the banning of "Maus" is not like the censorship of
"Huckleberry Finn"
<https://www.salon.com/2022/01/27/why-experts-say-the-banning-of-maus-is-not-like-the-censorship-of-huckleberry-finn/>
- Salon

States weigh a raft of proposed laws to limit race, sexuality lessons in
schools
<https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/states-weigh-raft-proposed-laws-limit-race-sexuality-lessons-schools-n1288108>
- NBC News

Politicians in Washington state are going on a censorship jag
<https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/politicians-in-washington-state-are-going-on-a-censorship-jag/>-
Seattle Times (Opinion)

Library Policy Committee Conducts Review, Clashes Over Definition of
Censorship
<https://flatheadbeacon.com/2022/01/24/library-policy-committee-conducts-review-clashes-over-definition-of-censorship/>
- Flathead Beacon

Florida school district cancels real history as anti-CRT censorship spreads
<https://www.salon.com/2022/01/24/exclusive-florida-school-district-cancels-real-history-as-anti-crt-censorship-spreads/>
- Salon

First Amendment

Supreme Court Seems Ready to Back Ted Cruz in Campaign Finance Case
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/us/supreme-court-ted-cruz-campaign-finance.html?searchResultPosition=4>
- New York Times

Sarah Palin v. New York Times Spotlights Push to Loosen Libel Law
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/business/media/sarah-palin-libel-suit-nyt.html>
- New York Times

National anthem as a mandatory game-starter? Florida free-speech test
<https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2022/0128/National-anthem-as-a-mandatory-game-starter-Florida-free-speech-test>-
Christian Science Monitor

Court affirms ruling against bakery that refused to sell same-sex wedding
cake but tells state to reconsider damages
<https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2022/01/court-affirms-ruling-against-bakery-that-refused-to-sell-same-sex-wedding-cake-but-tells-state-to-reconsider-fine.html>
- Oregonian

Emails from Deschutes County Commission candidate show vague threats to
school board
<https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/emails-from-deschutes-county-commission-candidate-show-vague-threats-to-school-board/article_c45ff31a-7e20-11ec-97ab-b3993e4006a1.html>
- Bend Bulletin

FBI monitors event decrying pandemic mandates organized by controversial
candidate
<https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/fbi-monitors-event-decrying-pandemic-mandates-organized-by-controversial-candidate/article_e3b4927e-7fc0-11ec-a2ac-cb7972df3766.html>
- Bend Bulletin

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says lying about elections should be a crime
<https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/06/washington-governor-inslee-says-lying-about-elections-should-be-crime/>
- Oregon Public Broadcasting



Privacy

Four Attorneys General Claim Google Secretly Tracked People
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/technology/google-location-services-lawsuit.html?searchResultPosition>
- New York Times

Are Apple AirTags Being Used to Track People and Steal Cars?
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/technology/apple-airtags-tracking-stalking.html?searchResultPosition=9>
- New York Times

Portland leaders mull tiSurveillance will follow us into ‘the metaverse,’
and our bodies could be its new data sourceghtening public record law after
$250,000 payout to records advocate
<https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/26/portland-city-leaders-mull-adding-public-records-exemptions-after-settlement/>
- OPB

Google drops FLoC after widespread opposition, pivots to “Topics API” plan
<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/google-drops-floc-after-widespread-opposition-pivots-to-topics-api-plan/>
- ARS Technica

Facebook loses bid to dismiss users’ data-privacy antitrust claims
<https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/facebook-loses-bid-dismiss-users-data-privacy-antitrust-claims-2022-01-18/>
- Reuters

World Data Privacy Day Gets Something Very Wrong
<https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/world-data-privacy-day-individual-responsibility.html>
- Slate

Surveillance will follow us into ‘the metaverse,’ and our bodies could be
its new data source
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/13/privacy-vr-metaverse/>
- Washington Post

Diversity

These Novels Are Asking You to Read More, and Read Better
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/opinion/africa-fiction-nobel-booker.html?searchResultPosition=30>
- New York Times

Oregon State University-Cascades instructor leading anti-racism education
<https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/25/oregon-state-university-cascades-instructor-leading-anti-racism-education/>
- Oregon Public Broadcasting

Study Examines Diversity in Research Publishing
<https://news.gatech.edu/news/2022/01/10/study-examines-diversity-research-publishing>
- Georgia Tech News

Why early-career researchers should step up to the peer-review plate
<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00216-1> - Nature

Diversifying the face of travel, one TikTok at a time
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/01/31/tiktok-travel-stars-diversity/>
- Washington Post

Opinion: First, it was critical race theory. Now, it’s books
<https://www.ajc.com/education/get-schooled-blog/opinion-first-it-was-critical-race-theory-now-its-books/EAD2MYAYBFETZAPXI2QUVBUYUE/>
- Atlanta Journal Constitution (Opinion)

How Identity Shapes Science
<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/01/04/new-data-how-race-and-gender-shape-science>
- Inside Higher Ed

Why Your DEI Programs Are Not Working
<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/why-your-dei-programs-are-not-working/>
- American Libraries

Five things to know about Florida’s new ‘intellectual diversity’ law
<https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/06/26/five-things-to-know-about-floridas-new-intellectual-diversity-law/>
- Tampa Bay Times

Access

New Protactile language emerges in Oregon
<https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/05/new-protactile-language-emerges-in-oregon/>
- Oregon Public Broadcasting

Deaf drivers in Oregon can now include their hearing status on license
<https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/05/deaf-drivers-in-oregon-can-now-include-their-hearing-status-on-license/>
_ Oregon Public Broadcasting

What If You Could Read a Fashion Label Like a Food Label?
<https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/style/clothes-label-sustainability.html?searchResultPosition=16>
- New York Times

White House issues guidebook for communities to access infrastructure
funding
<https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/592101-white-house-issues-guidebook-for-communities-to-access-infrastructure>
- The Hill

Spotify to link COVID content to facts after ‘misinformation’ row
<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/31/spotify-to-link-covid-content-to-facts-after-misinformation-row>
- Al Jazeera

New state database will allow public access to information about police,
other officers
<https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/new-state-database-will-allow-public-access-to-information-about-police-other-officers/>
- Colorado Newsline

Advocates encourage education on World Braille Day
<https://www.upmatters.com/news/advocates-encourage-education-on-world-braille-day/>
- WJMN-TV

Net Neutrality

Net neutrality will make a comeback in 2022
<https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/net-neutrality-will-make-a-comeback-again-in-2022/>
- CNET

U.S. appeals court will not block California net neutrality law
<https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-upholds-california-net-neutrality-law-2022-01-28/>
- Reuters

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Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions is a monthly roundup of Intellectual
Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom
Committee.
We welcome suggestions of articles to include at lib.ifc at multco.us.  In
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