[Libs-Or] Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - MAY 2020

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Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - MAY 2020

COVID-19

Protecting Privacy in a Pandemic:  A Resource Guide
<https://chooseprivacyeveryday.org/protecting-privacy-in-a-pandemic-resource-guide/>
Choose Privacy Every Day

Covid Resources that Take Race Seriously
<https://www.embracerace.org/resources/resources> Embrace Race

Why diversity efforts might be the next COVID-19 casualty
<https://www.fastcompany.com/90508092/why-diversity-efforts-might-be-the-next-covid-casualty>
Fast Company

Fighting Anti-Asian Racism:Tools for Libraries
<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=20885>  ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog

Statement Regarding Use of Data to Fight COVID-19
<https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CDT-Statement-Regarding-Use-of-Data-to-Fight-COVID-19.pdf>
Center for Democracy & Technology

ACLU White Paper:  The Limits of Location Tracking in an Epidemic
<https://www.aclu.org/report/aclu-white-paper-limits-location-tracking-epidemic>
ACLU

Librarians Recruited as COVID-19 Hunters
<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/contact-tracing-librarians-recruited-as-covid-19-hunters/>
American Libraries

You Don’t Need Invasive Tech for Successful Contact Tracing. Here’s How It
Works.
<https://www.propublica.org/article/you-dont-need-invasive-tech-for-successful-contact-tracing-heres-how-it-works>
ProPublica

Programming Through the Pandemic
<https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=Programming-Through-the-Pandemic-covid-19>
Library Journal

Science-Based Reopening Plans in Everyday English
<https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=science-based-reopening-plans-in-everyday-english>
Library Journal

First Amendment, Censorship, & Banned Books

U.S. drops to 45 in ranking of countries based on freedom of the press
<https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-drops-to-45-in-ranking-of-countries-based-on-freedom-of-the-press-2018-04-25>
Market Watch

RCFP condemns attacks against journalists covering protests
<https://www.rcfp.org/protest-attacks-on-journalists/>  Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press

Journalists at several protests were injured, arrested by police while
trying to cover the story
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/journalists-at-several-protests-were-injured-arrested-by-police-while-trying-to-cover-the-story/2020/05/31/bfbc322a-a342-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html>
Washington Post

Trump Prepares Order to Limit Social Media Companies’ Protections
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/us/politics/trump-executive-order-social-media.html?auth=login-email&login=email&smid=em-share>
New York Times

Full text of President Trump's executive order aimed at preventing online
censorship
<https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/full-text-president-trump-s-executive-order-aimed-preventing-online-n1217126>
NBC News

Twitter Had Been Drawing a Line for Months When Trump Crossed It
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/technology/twitter-trump-dorsey.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200531&instance_id=18965&nl=the-morning&regi_id=111829498&segment_id=29704&te=1&user_id=812285beb497629cc6a072f620eedba1>
New York Times

Meta-Information Literacy: Checking-in on Twitter’s Battle Against
Disinformation <https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=20939> ALA Intellectual
Freedom Blog

Judges toss lawsuit alleging anti-conservative bias on social media
<https://www.engadget.com/judges-drop-social-media-anti-conservative-case-175623139.html>
Engadget

Trump campaign attempts to remove satirical cartoon from online retailer
<https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/28/trump-campaign-attempts-to-remove-satirical-cartoon-from-online-retailer>
The Guardian

The CBLDF Victory Everyone is Talking About
<http://cbldf.org/2020/05/the-cbldf-victory-everyone-is-talking-about/>
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

‘Planet Of The Humans’ EP Michael Moore & Director Jeff Gibbs Blast
“Blatant Censorship” After Controversial Documentary Yanked From YouTube
<https://deadline.com/2020/05/planet-of-the-humans-pulled-youtube-michael-moore-jeff-gibbs-censorship-1202942938/>
Deadline

YouTube blames bug for censoring comments on China's ruling party
<https://www.engadget.com/youtube-bug-censoring-comments-against-china-191547339.html>
Engadget

There’s a Common Thread Tying Together 2019’s ‘Most Challenged’ Books:
L.G.B.T.Q. Issues
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/books/banned-books-lgbtq.html> New York
Times

Privacy

ICE Records Confirm that Immigration Enforcement Agencies are Using
Invasive Cell Phone Surveillance Devices
<https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/ice-records-confirm-that-immigration-enforcement-agencies-are-using-invasive-cell-phone-surveillance-devices/>
ACLU

ACLU sues facial recognition firm Clearview AI, calling it a ‘nightmare
scenario’ for privacy
<https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/28/21273388/aclu-clearview-ai-lawsuit-facial-recognition-database-illinois-biometric-laws>
The Verge

We’re Taking Clearview AI to Court to End its Privacy-Destroying Face
Surveillance Activities
<https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/were-taking-clearview-ai-to-court-to-end-its-privacy-destroying-face-surveillance-activities/>
ACLU

Zoom releases end-to-end encryption plan
<https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/zoom-releases-end-to-end-encryption-plan.html>
ACS

Privacy Triage: Five Tips to Identify Key Privacy Risks of New Products and
Services
<https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6c45db8b-da7e-4600-af52-64e32b58d629>
Lexology

Get a warrant: Tech companies ask lawmakers to rein in digital surveillance
<https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/get-warrant-tech-companies-ask-lawmakers-rein-digital-surveillance-n1213336>
NBC News

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race
<https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4>
Pretty Good Design (blog)

Anti-Racist Resources for White People
<https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR0cI2WS19ykdIgnUIxhciwCmlvNL3_BkwEd8i0OKv8tMGb7iyfgb1WTJic>
Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein

Are Marginalized Communities Being Censored Online?
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2020/05/24/are-marginalized-communities-being-censored-online/#6dca467f7a45>
Forbes

McKinsey's New Report Finds that Diversity Does Not Equal Inclusion
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2020/05/19/mckinseys-new-report-finds-that-diversity-does-not-equal-inclusion/?ss=diversity#74f6ee27066b>
Forbes

Little House, Big Problem: What To Do with “Classic” Books That Are Also
Racist
<https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=Little-House-Big-Problem-Little-House-Big-Problem-What-To-Do-with-Classic-Books-That-Are-Also-Racist>
School Library Journal
Interview with Jed Dearybury, LGBTQ+ Advocate
<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=20875>  ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog

Access & Net Neutrality

The Future of College Is Online, and It’s Cheaper
<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/opinion/online-college-coronavirus.html>
New York Times

5 steps to get the internet to all Americans
<https://www.brookings.edu/research/5-steps-to-get-the-internet-to-all-americans/>
Brookings

Expanding Online Student Success Strategies for the COVID Era | Peer to
Peer Review
<https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=expanding-online-student-success-strategies-for-the-covid-era-peer-to-peer-review>
Library Journal

Library of Congress Releases App with Mobile Access to Digital Collection
<https://thejournal.com/articles/2020/04/22/library-of-congress-releases-app-with-mobile-access-to-digital-collection.aspx>
The Journal

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