<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Greetings Libs-Or Community,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">The February edition of Multnomah County Library's Intellectual Freedom Newsletter is ready (it was published on Monday, hence the late delivery here). This edition is heavy with intellectual freedom intersecting with the legal world -new and proposed legislation, court cases and more. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2" id="m_7864504097328331295gmail-docs-internal-guid-e36e0092-7fff-0489-6dda-414abbb00401"><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,167,151);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom Newsletter –</span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">February 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"></p><hr><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recent Intellectual Freedom Articles </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Margaret Atwood welcomes the banning of The Handmaid's Tale as a way to raise questions around censorship and shed light on the ideas within books: </span><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-virginia-book-ban-library-removal/673013/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Go Ahead and Ban My Book</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (The Atlantic, 13 min). An editorial piece notes that </span><a href="https://www.thegazette.com/staff-columnists/actually-it-should-be-damn-hard-to-ban-a-book-in-iowa/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">banning books should not be easy</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, nor the responsibility of legislation (The Gazette, 5 min). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">censorship</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New bills are emerging across the country that target libraries, diverse books and LGBTQ+ communities, some including felony charges for librarians and teachers. There is a </span><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/02/george-santos-marjorie-taylor-greene-cosponsor-federal-book-ban-bill/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">federal bill focused on banning LGBTQ+ books in schools</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (LGBTQ Nation, 6 min). Multiple bills are being proposed, with some already enacted, that limit what can be taught or what books can be made available in the classroom, including </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/florida-manatee-county-books-certified-media-specialist" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Florida law HB 1467</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Indiana’s </span><a href="https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-end-legal-defense-librarians-educational-harmful-books-legislation" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Senate Bill 12</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://www.wthr.com/article/news/education/indiana-lawmakers-renewing-push-to-limit-so-called-critical-race-theory-teachings-in-schools-crt-sel-race-color/531-d867b16c-f234-49be-9953-0bfa2812d96e" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">386</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://www.kcci.com/article/bans-on-books-and-lgbtq-topics-whats-in-gov-reynolds-new-education-bill/42819425" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Iowa’s Education Bill 1145</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><a href="https://kpq.com/parents-right-to-choose-education-bill-presented-to-senate-committee/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Washington’s SB 5024</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (for a full list of library-related legislation see EveryLibrary’s </span><a href="https://www.everylibrary.org/2022_legislative_attacks" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Legislation of Concern page</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). The Attorney General of Louisiana wants to </span><a href="https://www.nola.com/news/politics/jeff-landry-wants-controls-put-on-library-cards-for-minors/article_9ca6dbac-a653-11ed-98f5-6ffae4cac326.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">limit access to materials in public libraries</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (NOLA.com, 5 min). The Economist sheds light on the legislative trend: </span><a href="https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/02/12/why-proposed-laws-targeting-drag-shows-are-proliferating-in-america" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why proposed laws targeting drag shows are proliferating in America</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (8 min, includes audio version). The Illinois governor </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/15/pritzker-demagogues-attack-schools-libraries-00083071" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">slams 'demagogues' who attack schools, libraries</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Politico, 3 min). Concerns arise about the chilling effects of these bills: </span><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/whats-so-scary-about-teaching-racial-realities-in-schools/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What’s so scary about teaching racial realities in schools?</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Seattle Times, 6 min). For a deeper dive see The Brookings Institutions research: </span><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2023/02/14/politics-and-school-libraries-what-shapes-students-access-to-controversial-content/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Politics and school libraries: What shapes students’ access to controversial content</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (11 min). FIRE provides context around the First Amendment and libraries in a special issue: </span><a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/blogs/ronald-kl-collins-first-amendment-news/special-issue-public-libraries-becoming-first" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Public libraries becoming First Amendment battlefield</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (8 min). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">legislation</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">first amendment</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Is rewriting censorship? Two different takes on the Roald Dahl books being updated: </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/books-and-literature-roald-dahl-business-entertainment-91c9bb1a7a10392abeef6feec3159e8b" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as censorship</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (AP News, 5 min) and </span><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-23/authors-say-roald-dahl-isnt-above-editing/102012524" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Revisions to Roald Dahl's books stoke anger about censorship, but authors say change is justified</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (ABC News Australia, 14 min). This opinion piece looks at the </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/opinion/roald-dahl-books-changes.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">history of revisions</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 6 min). With all the hoopla, Penguin opts to </span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/penguin-to-publish-classic-versions-of-roald-dahls-books-after-revisions-criticized" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">publish both the “classic” and revised versions</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (PBS NewsHour, 4 min). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">censorship</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The right-to-repair movement has made some recent </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/in-rural-america-right-to-repair-laws-are-the-leading-edge-of-a-pushback-against-growing-corporate-power-199372" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">gains in rural America, but some are skeptical</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of the cooperation from the powerful corporations (The Conversation, 9 min, includes audio version). For more on right to repair, see this Wirecutter explainer </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/what-is-right-to-repair/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What You Should Know About Right to Repair</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (12 min) (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">copyright</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A look at online reviews, including the proliferation of fake reviews, and the steps being taken to combat them: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/travel/fake-review-investigators.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Five Stars, Zero Clue: Fighting the 'Scourge' of Fake Online Reviews</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 9 min) (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">disinformation</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online privacy and internet safety for children are the focus of proposed legislation: </span><a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/15/23599879/congress-children-safety-online-big-tech" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The new Congress is enlisting kids in its ongoing fight with Big Tech</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Vox, 8 min). Related, several states want to leverage </span><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/02/seven-states-push-to-require-id-for-watching-porn-online/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">laws to require ids for accessing porn online</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Ars Technica, 4 min). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">privacy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">legislation</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Washington Post examines how health data is gathered and distributed through apps: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/13/mental-health-data-brokers/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data brokers are now selling your mental health status</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (6 min). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">privacy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">data</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Several </span><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/supreme-court-considers-limits-of-immunity-for-social-media-companies" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First Amendment cases that may reshape social media</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are in front of the Supreme Court (PBS NewsHour, 7 min). This opinion piece argues that </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/opinion/facebook-section-230-supreme-court.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">social media companies should be accountable</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for speech and conduct of users that violate civil right, ani-terrorism and other laws (New York Times, 7 min). The New Republic looks at an upcoming Supreme Court case on </span><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/170586/counterman-colorado-stalking-first-amendment" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">whether a threat oversteps free speech rights</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (8 min). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">first amendment</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">social media</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Not having access to a cellphone or the internet means also not getting alerts that can save lives: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/12/21/weather-alerts-storms-disasters/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A dangerous side of America’s digital divide: Who receives emergency severe weather alerts</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Washington Post, 18 min, includes audio version). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">equity</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An expansive effort to restore public libraries as inclusive community centers is underway in Kenya: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/books/nairobi-kenya-books-library.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Turning Nairobi’s Public Libraries Into ‘Palaces for the People’</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New York Times, 6 min). (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">access</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">equity</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Additional Intellectual Freedom Reading and Resources</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> A blog dedicated to intellectual freedom issues, and includes the </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org/category/intellectual-freedom-news/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom News</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> –a weekly roundup of IF related articles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Oregon Library Association’s </span><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/home" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Intellectual Freedom Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (published February 8, 2022). A range of tools and resources relating to IF challenges and policies created by the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"></p><hr><p></p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee. We welcome comments, questions and suggestions of articles to include at </span><a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lib.ifc@multco.us</span></a>
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