[Libs-Or] Rights, Responsibilities and Reactions - Intellectual Freedom News OCTOBER 2021

[Brian McGUIRK]

Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - OCTOBER
2021


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Censorship

How Students Fought a Book Ban and Won, for Now
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/us/york-pennsylvania-school-books.html?searchResultPosition=9>
- The New York Times

The Supreme Court Faces a Huge Test on Libel Law
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/opinion/supreme-court-libel-news-media.html>
- The New York Times

Glenn Youngkin vs. Toni Morrison
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/opinion/glenn-youngkin-toni-morrison.html?searchResultPosition=1>
- The New York Times

Opinion: A social media uproar, a book challenge in Roseburg
<https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2021/10/opinion-a-social-media-uproar-a-book-challenge-in-roseburg.html>
- The Oregonian

First Amendment

Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with
'opposing' views
<https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/southlake-texas-holocaust-books-schools-rcna2965?fbclid=IwAR3uTgrNT7pYJz1d-RBOEveU9UPcKPrfEh1-HU7Fn8y23NkOmUmufuKmVUw>
- NBC News

Texas Superintendent Apologizes After Official’s Holocaust Remarks
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/us/holocaust-texas-school.html?searchResultPosition=1>
- New York Times

The Second Amendment Has Become a Threat to the First
<https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/second-amendment-first-amendment/620488/>
- The Atlantic

Maine working to remove profanity from vanity license plates
<https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2021/10/maine-working-to-remove-profanity-from-vanity-license-plates.html>
- Associated Press

Netflix Argues Tragic 13 Reasons Why Lawsuit Is a Danger to Free Speech
<https://gizmodo.com/netflix-argues-tragic-13-reasons-why-lawsuit-is-a-dange-1847828870>
- Gizmodo

When Devin Nunes sued a Twitter cow, this First Amendment lawyer wanted to
know more
<https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article255173422.html#storylink=cpy>
- Fresno Bee

Privacy

Cybersecurity Experts Sound Alarm on Apple and E.U. Phone Scanning Plans
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/business/apple-child-sex-abuse-cybersecurity.html?searchResultPosition=8>
- New York times

Google said it had successfully ‘slowed down’ European privacy rules,
according to lawsuit
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/google-privacy-lawsuit.html?searchResultPosition=2>
- New York Times

Mark Zuckerberg will be added to a Facebook privacy lawsuit
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/technology/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-lawsuit.html?searchResultPosition=1>-
New York Times

Former FTC Official to Head California Privacy Protection Agency
<https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/former-ftc-official-to-head-california-privacy-protection-agency>
- Bloomberg Law

Unions for 30,000 State Employees File Unfair Labor Practice Complaints
Against State After Vaccine Data Breach
<https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2021/10/28/unions-for-30000-state-employees-file-unfair-labor-complaints-against-state-after-vaccine-data-breach/>
-Willamette Week

Diversity

‘These ideas are Marxist’ — KC-area public library rejects its own
diversity audit
<https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article255305986.html#storylink=cpy>
- Kansas City Star

To help solve child care crisis, COCC trains next generation of early
educators
<https://pamplinmedia.com/ceo/162-news/525485-419339-to-help-solve-child-care-crisis-cocc-trains-next-generation-of-early-educators-pwoff>
- Central Oregonian

Access

Oregon Historical Society’s research library reopens
<https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/state/oregon-historical-society-s-research-library-reopens/article_58c54e74-8f4b-5c76-a894-3d8862b914c0.html>
- The Oregonian

The Internet Archive Transforms Access to Books in a Digital World
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/internet-archive-transforms-access-books-digital-world>
- Electronic Frontier Foundation

School Libraries Under New Scrutiny As Texas Lawmaker Questions Kids’
Access To Books On Race, Sexuality
<https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/10/27/school-libraries-scrutiny-texas-lawmaker-questions-kids-books-race-sexuality/>
- CBSDFW.com

Net Neutrality

Biden finally makes FCC picks: Rosenworcel as chair, Gigi Sohn as
commissioner
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/biden-finally-makes-fcc-picks-rosenworcel-as-chair-gigi-sohn-as-commissioner/>
- ARS Technica

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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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