<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-13759ae3-7fff-6709-0d2f-53a32ddd6a35" style=""><br><span style="font-size:large;border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:179px;height:65px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/mPcWBvQYmuRb0M1kSQT_CffqSXUSUGwUNVazd7ae6_9o2UPix9C_q9BOwohxFpp-CsYPe4ecMg58w7nDJ231NE3KHl4dSS8d2Cx2sIIMjRZy7uBG1vixSG0PHq6pWnuxEylsZ4Xh" width="179" height="65" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span><br><br><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions: Intellectual Freedom News - APRIL 2021</font></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span><br></span></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Censorship</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=25384" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALA’s Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2020</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - ALA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=25413" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Library Workers Who Saved the Day from Censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/berlin-europe-john-kerry-censorship-7f41d775dec90cd9fa6e2809f75fb62a" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Activist accuses climate conference organizers of censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - AP Wire</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="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" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Exclusive: Jason Reynolds to serve as inaugural Honorary Chair of Banned Books Week</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Entertainment Weekly</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wboc.com/story/43577716/maryland-bill-would-ban-hate-symbols-in-public-schools" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maryland Bill Would Ban Hate Symbols In Public Schools</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - WBOC</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://idahonews.com/news/loca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gin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/first-circuit-upholds-first-amendment-right-secretly-audio-record-police" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Circuit Upholds First Amendment Right to Secretly Audio Record the Police</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prof-who-refused-to-use-transgender-students-preferred-pronouns-can-pursue-suit-6th-circuit-rules" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Prof who refused to use transgender student's preferred pronouns can pursue suit, 6th Circuit rules</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - American Bar Association Journal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/amul-thapar-meriwether-trump-transgender-first-amendment.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trump Judge: Professor Has a First Amendment Right to Misgender a Trans Student in the Classroom</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Slate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-evanston-bookstore-amazon-lawsuit-tl-0408-20210330-3dwuzlhddrfg3bwrsv7hqiydta-story.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Evanston independent bookstore sues Amazon, book publishers for unfair business practices</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Chicago Tribune </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.rcfp.org/justice-thomas-knight-v-trump/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Justice Thomas suggests tech platforms qualify as 'common carriers'</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://ncac.org/news/legislation-protest-limits" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">States Consider Bills That Threaten Protest Rights</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - National Coalition Against Censorship</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Privacy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://chooseprivacyeveryday.org/adventures-of-an-eresources-librarian-thinking-about-and-teaching-privacy-every-day-part-one/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adventures of an eResources Librarian - Thinking About and Teaching Privacy Every Day, Part One</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Choose Privacy Every Day</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://bbbprograms.org/media-center/blog-details/insights/2021/04/15/beginner's-guide-to-privacy-policies" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Beginner's Guide to Reading Privacy Policies</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(26,27,27);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Better Business Bureau</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.theverge.com/22359080/anti-asian-racism-attacks-surveillance-policing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The unsettling surveillance of anti-Asian racism</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - The Verge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.natlawreview.com/article/how-your-car-became-surveillance-weapon" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How Your Car Became a Surveillance Weapon</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - National Law Review</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://sparcopen.org/news/2021/addressing-the-alarming-systems-of-surveillance-built-by-library-vendors/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Addressing the Alarming Systems of Surveillance Built By Library Vendors</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Schola</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(26,27,27);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">rly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/tell-congress-support-fourth-amendment-not-sale-act" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tell Congress: Support the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(26,27,27);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Electronic Frontier Foundation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.edweek.org/leadership/high-surveillance-schools-lead-to-more-suspensions-lower-achievement/2021/04" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">'High-Surveillance' Schools Lead to More Suspensions, Lower Achievement</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(26,27,27);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Education Week</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Diversity</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://diversebooks.org/programs/native-writing-intensive/?mc_cid=d3440c6e21&mc_eid=1526b6cb31" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Native Children's and YA Writing Intensive</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - We Need Diverse Books</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/why-ceos-resist-addressing-diversity-equity-and-inclusion" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why CEOs resist addressing diversity, equity and inclusion</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Hartford Business Journal</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2021/04/16/7-year-old-girl-traumatized-after-white-school-staff-member-cuts-her-hair/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7-year-old girl traumatized after White school staff member cuts her hair</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Black Wall Street Times </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/north-idaho-library-board-candidates-republican-views-lgbtq-community-censorship/277-197976eb-b982-41e5-ace6-436784ecbc09" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">North Idaho library board candidates claim they were asked by Republicans about views on LGBTQ community, censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - KTVB</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.mcall.com/news/education/mc-nws-diverse-library-disabilities-mikaylas-voice-lehigh-valley-reads-20210412-ckcd5rn2nfhuncts7thbw77vdu-story.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">From the mouths of babes: Books about kids with disabilities, written by kids for kids, making their way into home libraries</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - The Morning Call </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/new-york-public-library-spotlights-asian-american-pacific-islander-authors" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The New York Public Library Spotlights Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors and Voices With Reading Recommendations For AAPI Heritage Month</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - New York Public Library</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Access & Net Neutrality</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/prisoners-lack-access-coronavirus-vaccine-f342f6da7cec724c4543efe9635efb8a" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As States Expand Vaccines, Prisoners Still Lack Access </span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> -  AP News</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/04/03/biden-infrastructure-plan-100-billion-broadband-internet-proposal/7074754002/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Broadband For All: Inside Biden’s $100 billion Plan to Improve Internet Access</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - USA Today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-25/how-libraries-are-expanding-internet-access" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How Libraries Are Expanding Internet Access</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Bloomberg</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/npr-news/2021-03-28/libraries-are-key-tools-for-people-getting-out-of-prison-even-during-a-pandemic" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Libraries Are Key Tools For People Getting Out Of Prison, Even During A Pandemic</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Maine Public Radio</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-tech/2021/03/29/net-neutrality-flare-up-794321" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Net Neutrality Flare-Up</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Politico</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/at-t-is-not-happy-about-californias-net-neutrality-law-1846499124" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AT&T Is Not Happy About California’s Net Neutrality Law</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  -  Gizmodo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/how-broadband-access-hinders-systemic-equality-and-deepens-the-digital-divide/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How Broadband Access Advances Systemic Equality</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - ACLU</span></p><br><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">--</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We welcome suggestions of articles to include at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lib.ifc@multco.us</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Nunito,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In general, submissions should follow the following criteria: (1) News articles; (2) Published in the relevant month; (3) Prioritize issues of either local relevance or national interest.</span></p><br><br><br></span></div></div>
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