<div dir="auto"><br><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;width:179px;height:65px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_vJiyZKNusD6y5I1zDwhNoXID8f_UyZ0PVl4umHKmMn6EFPcxRMeSiTne1aeWwl1XKPSuuxY1IBsJ0fOpEGqYhOJzmtW777GzSJK0O1pkf11sQ9pSLwwP6SgRa80fGzjubem4GPe" width="179" height="65" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions Intellectual Freedom News - MAY 2021</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/republicans-announce-federal-bills-restrict-spread-critical-race-theory-n1267161" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Republicans announce federal bills to 'restrict the spread' of critical race theory</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NBC News</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.kold.com/2021/05/13/unbiased-teaching-act-advances-in-arizona-legislature/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">'Unbiased Teaching Act' advances in the Arizona Legislature</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - KOLD</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/how-trump-ignited-fight-over-critical-race-theory-schools-n1266701?icid=related" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How Trump ignited the fight over critical race theory in schools</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NBC</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wwnytv.com/2021/04/30/east-tennessee-school-investigating-teacher-following-racial-inequality-lesson/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">East Tennessee school investigating teacher following racial inequality lesson</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - WWNY</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wbir.com/article/news/education/its-not-anti-police-kcs-investigates-after-teacher-shares-book-on-racial-injustice/51-302fa43b-f919-45ce-b0f1-2e8068ec3253" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">'It's not anti-police' - KCS investigates after teacher shares book on racial injustice</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - 10 News (TN)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article251232759.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bellingham schools harassed about transgender child's book</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Bellingham Herald</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Amendment</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/05/22/999180144/doj-uses-civil-rights-era-law-to-charge-protesters-and-insurrectionists" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DOJ Uses Civil Rights-Era Law To Charge Protesters And Insurrectionists</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - NPR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/992545210/wave-of-anti-protest-bills-could-threaten-first-amendment" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wave Of 'Anti-Protest' Bills Could Threaten First Amendment</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - NPR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://firstamendmentwatch.org/students-of-all-ages-should-not-lose-first-amendment-rights-at-school/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Students of All Ages Should Not Lose First Amendment Rights at School</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - First Amendment Watch at New York University</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://harvardlawreview.org/2021/05/the-non-first-amendment-law-of-freedom-of-speech/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Non–First Amendment Law of Freedom of Speech</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Harvard Law Review</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/30/1024325/police-video-filming-prevention-tactics/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The tactics police are using to prevent bystander video</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - MIT Technology Review</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/05/24/attempts-to-ban-teaching-on-critical-race-theory-multiply-across-the-u-s/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Attempts to ban teaching on 'critical race theory' multiply across the US</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - NC Policy Watch</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://securityboulevard.com/2021/05/federal-court-permits-warrantless-device-searches-at-border/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Federal Court Permits Warrantless Device Searches at Border</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - S</span><a href="https://securityboulevard" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ecurity Boulevard</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.worldprivacyforum.org/2021/05/from-the-filing-cabinet-to-the-cloud-updating-the-privacy-act-of-1974/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New Report: From the Filing Cabinet to the Cloud: Updating the Privacy Act of 1974</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - World Privacy Forum</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/05/07/982709480/massachusetts-pioneers-rules-for-police-use-of-facial-recognition-tech" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Massachusetts Passes One Of The First State-Wide Laws On Facial Recognition</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - NPR</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/digital-rights/dark-patterns-tip-line-report-manipulative-practices-a1196931056/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New Dark Patterns Tip Line Lets You Report Manipulative Online Practices</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Consumer Reports</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;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="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/04/28/frisco-isds-read-woke-challenge-sparks-controversy-over-critical-race-theory-amid-school-board-election/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Frisco ISD’s ‘Read Woke’ challenge sparks controversy over critical race theory amid school board election</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - The Dallas Morning News </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Access</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Taking-Amazon-Publishing-to-Task-on-Its-Policy-of-No-Sales-to-Libraries-146616.asp" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Taking Amazon Publishing to Task on Its Policy of No Sales to Libraries</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Information Today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://dp.la/news/dpla-signs-agreement-with-amazon-publishing-to-make-their-ebooks-available-to-u-s-libraries" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DPLA signs agreement with Amazon Publishing to make their ebooks available to US libraries</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Digital Public Library of America</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/12/emergency-broadband-benefit-faq/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FAQ: How to get your Emergency Broadband Benefit</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  - Washington Post</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Net Neutrality</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/guide-net-neutrality/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wired's Guide to Net Neutrality</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Wired</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/technology/internet-providers-fake-comments-net-neutrality-new-york.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><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;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Opposition to Net Neutrality Was Faked, New York Says</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"open sans",sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - New York Times</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;ma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