[Libs-Or] April 2021 Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: Intellectual Freedom News

[Ekatrina Sotomayor]

Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: Intellectual Freedom News - APRIL 2021


Censorship

ALA’s Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2020
<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=25384>  - ALA

Library Workers Who Saved the Day from Censorship
<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=25413> - ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog

Activist accuses climate conference organizers of censorship
<https://apnews.com/article/berlin-europe-john-kerry-censorship-7f41d775dec90cd9fa6e2809f75fb62a>
- AP Wire

Exclusive: Jason Reynolds to serve as inaugural Honorary Chair of Banned
Books Week
<https://ew.com/books/jason-reynolds-banned-books-week-20201/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=60759702264a2b0001cc96f1>
- Entertainment Weekly

Maryland Bill Would Ban Hate Symbols In Public Schools
<https://www.wboc.com/story/43577716/maryland-bill-would-ban-hate-symbols-in-public-schools>
- WBOC

Senate passes bill banning teaching of critical race theory in Idaho schools
<https://idahonews.com/news/local/senate-passes-bill-banning-teaching-of-critical-race-theory-in-idaho-schools>
- Idaho News

Throwing the Baby Out with the Bath Water: Challenges to Call Me Max and
Equity Book Bundles in Murray School District - Intellectual Freedom Blog
<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=25476> - Intellectual Freedom Blog

Midland libraries remove Pride displays after community complains
<https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Midland-libraries-remove-Pride-displays-after-16112120.php>
- Midland Reporter-Telegram

Battle Over School Reading Lists Continues in Suburban Austin
<https://bookandfilmglobe.com/education/battle-over-school-reading-lists-continues-in-suburban-austin/>
- Book & Film Globe

NCAC Applauds Simon & Schuster For Rejecting Petition Demanding Former
Trump Associates Not Be Published
<https://ncac.org/news/simon-schuster-petition-publisher> - National
Coalition Against Censorship

Artist Dread Scott Censored by Instagram for "Hate Speech"
<https://ncac.org/news/dread-scott-censored-instagram> - National Coalition
Against Censorship


First Amendment

First Circuit Upholds First Amendment Right to Secretly Audio Record the
Police
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/first-circuit-upholds-first-amendment-right-secretly-audio-record-police>
- Electronic Frontier Foundation

Prof who refused to use transgender student's preferred pronouns can pursue
suit, 6th Circuit rules
<https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prof-who-refused-to-use-transgender-students-preferred-pronouns-can-pursue-suit-6th-circuit-rules>
- American Bar Association Journal

Trump Judge: Professor Has a First Amendment Right to Misgender a Trans
Student in the Classroom
<https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/amul-thapar-meriwether-trump-transgender-first-amendment.html>
- Slate

Evanston independent bookstore sues Amazon, book publishers for unfair
business practices
<https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-evanston-bookstore-amazon-lawsuit-tl-0408-20210330-3dwuzlhddrfg3bwrsv7hqiydta-story.html>
- Chicago Tribune

Justice Thomas suggests tech platforms qualify as 'common carriers'
<https://www.rcfp.org/justice-thomas-knight-v-trump/>  - Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press

States Consider Bills That Threaten Protest Rights
<https://ncac.org/news/legislation-protest-limits>  - National Coalition
Against Censorship


Privacy

Adventures of an eResources Librarian - Thinking About and Teaching Privacy
Every Day, Part One
<https://chooseprivacyeveryday.org/adventures-of-an-eresources-librarian-thinking-about-and-teaching-privacy-every-day-part-one/>
- Choose Privacy Every Day

A Beginner's Guide to Reading Privacy Policies
<https://bbbprograms.org/media-center/blog-details/insights/2021/04/15/beginner's-guide-to-privacy-policies>
- Better Business Bureau

The unsettling surveillance of anti-Asian racism
<https://www.theverge.com/22359080/anti-asian-racism-attacks-surveillance-policing>
- The Verge

How Your Car Became a Surveillance Weapon
<https://www.natlawreview.com/article/how-your-car-became-surveillance-weapon>
- National Law Review

Addressing the Alarming Systems of Surveillance Built By Library Vendors
<https://sparcopen.org/news/2021/addressing-the-alarming-systems-of-surveillance-built-by-library-vendors/>
 -
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

Tell Congress: Support the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/tell-congress-support-fourth-amendment-not-sale-act>
- Electronic Frontier Foundation

'High-Surveillance' Schools Lead to More Suspensions, Lower Achievement
<https://www.edweek.org/leadership/high-surveillance-schools-lead-to-more-suspensions-lower-achievement/2021/04>
- Education Week


Diversity

Native Children's and YA Writing Intensive
<https://diversebooks.org/programs/native-writing-intensive/?mc_cid=d3440c6e21&mc_eid=1526b6cb31>
- We Need Diverse Books

Why CEOs resist addressing diversity, equity and inclusion
<https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/why-ceos-resist-addressing-diversity-equity-and-inclusion>
- Hartford Business Journal

7-year-old girl traumatized after White school staff member cuts her hair
<https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2021/04/16/7-year-old-girl-traumatized-after-white-school-staff-member-cuts-her-hair/>
- Black Wall Street Times

North Idaho library board candidates claim they were asked by Republicans
about views on LGBTQ community, censorship
<https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/north-idaho-library-board-candidates-republican-views-lgbtq-community-censorship/277-197976eb-b982-41e5-ace6-436784ecbc09>
- KTVB

From the mouths of babes: Books about kids with disabilities, written by
kids for kids, making their way into home libraries
<https://www.mcall.com/news/education/mc-nws-diverse-library-disabilities-mikaylas-voice-lehigh-valley-reads-20210412-ckcd5rn2nfhuncts7thbw77vdu-story.html>
- The Morning Call

The New York Public Library Spotlights Asian American and Pacific Islander
Authors and Voices With Reading Recommendations For AAPI Heritage Month
<https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/new-york-public-library-spotlights-asian-american-pacific-islander-authors>
- New York Public Library

Access & Net Neutrality

As States Expand Vaccines, Prisoners Still Lack Access
<https://apnews.com/article/prisoners-lack-access-coronavirus-vaccine-f342f6da7cec724c4543efe9635efb8a>
-
AP News

Broadband For All: Inside Biden’s $100 billion Plan to Improve Internet
Access
<https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/04/03/biden-infrastructure-plan-100-billion-broadband-internet-proposal/7074754002/>
- USA Today

How Libraries Are Expanding Internet Access
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-25/how-libraries-are-expanding-internet-access>
- Bloomberg

Libraries Are Key Tools For People Getting Out Of Prison, Even During A
Pandemic
<https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2021-03-28/libraries-are-key-tools-for-people-getting-out-of-prison-even-during-a-pandemic>
- Maine Public Radio

Net Neutrality Flare-Up
<https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2021/03/29/net-neutrality-flare-up-794321>
- Politico

AT&T Is Not Happy About California’s Net Neutrality Law
<https://gizmodo.com/at-t-is-not-happy-about-californias-net-neutrality-law-1846499124>
-  Gizmodo

How Broadband Access Advances Systemic Equality
<https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-broadband-access-hinders-systemic-equality-and-deepens-the-digital-divide/>
- ACLU



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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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