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

[Lisa TAYLOR]

November 2018

Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions

Intellectual Freedom News



Censorship

Some Libraries Are Facing Backlash Against LGBT Programs — And Holding
Their Ground
<https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mitchellkuga/librarians-drag-queen-story-hour-lgbt-safe-spaces>
 Buzzfeed

North Carolina District Bans 'Beartown'
<https://ncac.org/news/beartownnc?utm_source=National+Coalition+Against+Censorship+-+General+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3e64f4bf5a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_26_02_21_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c54334e8b0-3e64f4bf5a-139396145>
 National Coalition Against Censorship

Ultimate Guide to Internet Censorship
<https://www.wizcase.com/blog/ultimate-guide-internet-censorship/> WizCase

Privacy

Facebook Failed to Police How its Partners Handled User Data
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/technology/facebook-data-privacy-users.html>
 New York Times

DNA Testing Companies Put Everyone's Privacy at Risk
<https://www.salon.com/2018/10/15/dna-testing-companies-puts-everyones-privacy-at-risk/>
Salon

The 'Internet of Bodies' is Here. Are Courts and Regulators Ready?
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-of-bodies-is-here-are-courts-and-regulators-ready-1542039566>
Wall Street Journal

First Amendment

Judge Orders White House to Return Jim Acosta's Press Pass
<https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/16/media/cnn-trump-lawsuit-hearing/index.html>
 CNN

Diversity

A Push for Inclusivity in Seattle's Publishing Scene
<https://www.hcn.org/issues/50.19/books-and-authors-a-push-for-inclusivity-in-seattles-book-publishing-scene>
 High
Country News

Access

PEN America Files Friend of the Court in Michigan Right to Literacy Case
<https://pen.org/press-release/pen-files-friend-of-court-brief-michigan-right-to-read/>
 PEN America

The Students Suing for a Constitutional Right to Education
<https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/11/lawsuit-constitutional-right-education/576901/>
The
Atlantic

Other

Searching for Intellectual Freedom Bloggers 2019
<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=16473> American Library Association Office
of Intellectual Freedom


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*Lisa Taylor, MLIS*
Library Assistant
Multnomah County Library
Central Library
Pronouns: she/her
https://multcolib.org





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