<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Dear<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Oregon Library Community,</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Please find below the January edition of Multnomah County Library's Intellectual Freedom Newsletter. A PDF version of the newsletter is attached.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Since it is the start of a new year, there are several links that look back at 2023. In addition, you will find in the newsletter articles on censorship, champions of intellectual freedom,and activity around state legislation addressing book bans as well as a few articles on privacy, disinformation and artificial intelligence. <font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Thanks for reading and all your work around intellectual freedom.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6d6fd5ec-7fff-f736-8f7f-76980b398952" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,167,151);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="font-size:18pt;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;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Intellectual Freedom Newsletter –</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;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;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">January 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><hr style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Local news: The Oregon State Library </span><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/library/operations/Documents/Press%20Release%20-%20Statement%20on%20Salem%20Public%20Library%20cuts,%20library%20worker%20fatigue.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">released a statement on the Salem Public Library cuts</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, underscoring how libraries are needed in communities and that book challenges wear on library staff. Although focused on grants for library programming and building community in rural Oregon, this article touches on access and book bans: </span><a href="https://www.orartswatch.org/oregons-rural-libraries-crossroads-of-community/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Oregon’s rural libraries: Crossroads of community</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Oregon  Artswatch, 20 min). </span><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/as-book-battles-rage-wa-senate-votes-to-make-it-harder-to-shut-down-a-library/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">WA Senate votes to make it harder to shut down a library</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Seattle Times, 7 min).</span></font><p style=""></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The ALA provides a </span><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2024/01/02/2023-year-in-review/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">2023 Year in Review</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, highlighting news that touches on various aspects of intellectual freedom </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">American Libraries Magazine, 9 min), while School Library journal offers a look at </span><a href="https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/Look-Ahead-2024-Laws-Book-Bans-Florida-Iowa-and-Illinois-Censorship-News" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">upcoming legislation impacting libraries</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> plus other censorship news (4 min). </span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The New York Times reports on how a </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/nyregion/lake-luzerne-library-drag-story-hour.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">drag queen event that didn’t happen led to the library closing</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (New York Times, 15 min). Elsewhere in New York: </span><a href="https://buffalonews.com/news/local/buffalo-library-frank-gist-drag-queen-story-time-controversy/article_ad022708-ada1-11ee-b11f-efb8066ef521.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Buffalo library trustee resigns under pressure after drag queen story time controversy</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Buffalo News, 16 min). The Washington Post details </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/12/23/school-book-challenges-shelves-lgbtq-authors/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">school book challenges, noting that LGBTQ books are banned most</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (20 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> access</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">inclusion</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/21/book-bans-democrat-warning-maxwell-frost" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Book bans use ‘parental rights’ as cover to attack civil liberties, Democrat warns</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Guardian, 5 min). Related, </span><a href="https://slate.com/culture/2023/12/book-bans-florida-sexuality-lgbtq-online-reading.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Book bans don’t stop kids from learning about sexuality.</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Slate, 6 min). More on the book ban movement: </span><a href="https://buckscountybeacon.com/2024/01/christian-nationalists-are-demanding-the-removal-of-books-from-public-and-school-libraries-across-the-country/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Christian Nationalists Are Demanding the Removal of Books</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Bucks County Beacon, 23 min) and </span><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/real-mission-behind-moms-liberty-on-the-media" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The Real Mission Behind Moms for Liberty</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (WNYC, 19 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">access</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Champions of intellectual freedom: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/29/traylor-book-banning-black-literature/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">‘Sister-friend’ of Angelou, Baldwin and Morrison safeguards their books</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Washington Post, 17 min).  </span><a href="https://19thnews.org/2023/12/grandparents-for-truth-progressive-force-censorship-moms-for-liberty/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">A group of grandparents is mobilizing against Moms for Liberty</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The 19th News, 15min). USA Today highlights other groups</span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/29/more-groups-are-launching-projects-to-stop-the-rise-of-book-bans/72008712007/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> working against the rise of book bans</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (12 min). The Chicago Teachers Union offered a </span><a href="https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/resolution-freedom-to-read/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">resolution supporting the Freedom to Read and protecting school librarians</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (3 min). Read more on </span><a href="https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/educators-fight-book-bans-through-their-union" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">how teachers unions are getting involved</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (NEA, 12 min).  </span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rupaul-emmy-drag-queen-story-hours-rupauls-drag-race/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">RuPaul supports drag queen story hours</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (CBS News, 2 min). GLAAD highlights </span><a href="https://glaad.org/joy-reid-moms-for-liberty-tiffany-justice-interview/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Joy Reid’s interview of Moms for Liberty founder</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (5 min).  The Guardian reports on a  </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/24/vladimir-kosarevsky-librarian-defied-russia-purge-of-lgbt-books" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">librarian who defied Russia’s purge of LGBTQ+ books</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Guardian, 7 min) - more on </span><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/01/05/you-can-resist-much-more-than-it-seems" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">book censorship resistance in Russia</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. See also: </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/02/1222434162/librarians-who-lost-jobs-for-not-banning-books-are-fighting-back" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Librarians, who lost jobs for not banning books, are fighting back</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (NPR, 5 min) and </span><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/94015-pen-america-scholastic-partner-to-support-banned-authors.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">PEN America, Scholastic Partner to Support Banned Authors</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Publishers Weekly, 4 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">diversity</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">inclusion</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) </span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Legislative action and other state actions: </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/19/florida-book-challenges-fees-00136409" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Florida lawmakers eye changes to book restrictions</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Politico, 7 min). </span><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/23/chaya-raichik-libs-of-tiktok-oklahoma-public-education/72324642007/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Oklahoma superintendent appoints Libs of TikTok creator to state library committee</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (USA Today, 7 min). </span><a href="https://www.the74million.org/article/appeals-court-blocks-texas-from-enforcing-book-rating-law/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Appeals Court Blocks Texas From Enforcing Book Rating Law</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The 74, 4 min). </span><a href="https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/iowa-attorney-general-appeals-court-ruling-halting-iowa-law-on-school-books/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Iowa attorney general appeals court ruling halting Iowa law on school books</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (The Gazette, 6 min). </span><a href="https://nmpoliticalreport.com/nmleg/bill-would-stop-libraries-from-banning-books/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">New Mexico</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (NM Political Report, 5 min) and </span><a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/lawmakers-weigh-standard-to-guard-access-to-library-books/3244709/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Masschussets </span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">(NBC Boston, 9 min) consider laws to limit book bans and protect libraries. LA Times details more </span><a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2024-01-11/from-iowa-to-florida-lawsuits-against-book-bans-begin-to-gain-traction" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">legal actions against book bans</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (6 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">legislation</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">censorship</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">GLAAD explains the recent wave of </span><a href="https://glaad.org/2023-year-in-review-anti-lgbtq-online-hate-and-disinformation/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">anti-LGBTQ online hate and disinformation</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (8 min). The New York Times reports on </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/nyregion/obituary-pirates-matteo-sachman.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">obituary pirates that spread disinformation around a person’s death</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">( 17 min). CNN highlights the work of a</span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/21/us/teaching-media-literacy-in-schools/index.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> librarian in providing teens with tools to navigate fake news</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and online resources (12 min). Nature calls out how misinformation takes advantage of information gaps and posits the </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00030-x" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">need for media literacy</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (8 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">disinformation</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">information literacy</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Conversation provides a guide on </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-to-protect-your-data-privacy-a-digital-media-expert-provides-steps-you-can-take-and-explains-why-you-cant-go-it-alone-221569" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">protecting your data privacy</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, underscoring that it is a collective effort (8 min). Fortune  reports on how </span><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90996547/e-books-are-fast-becoming-tools-of-corporate-surveillance" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">e-books can be used for corporate surveillance</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> ( 5 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">privacy</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) </span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">JD Supra explains the </span><a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ftc-proposes-stricter-children-s-9814707/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (10 min). Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) looks back on internet privacy and digital rights issues for </span><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/kids-online-safety-shouldnt-require-massive-online-censorship-and-surveillance" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Kids</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (8 min) and </span><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/digital-rights-lgbtq-people-2023-review" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">LGBTQ+ People</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (6 min) in 2023. Read more </span><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/2023-year-review" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">EFF’s 2023 reports on digital rights</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">privacy</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">access</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">AI Corner</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">NPR interviews </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215529902/unmasking-ai-facial-recognition-technology-joy-buolamwini" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">'Unmasking AI' author Joy Buolamwini</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, during which she calls out how </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">prejudice is baked into technology (NPR, 37 min, includes transcript). See also, Buolamwini’s criticisms of AI: </span><a href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/01/03/artificial-intelligence-bias" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">'Proceed with caution:' AI poses issues of discrimination, surveillance</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (WBUR, 5 min). Related, </span><a href="https://betterimagesofai.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Better Images of AI</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, which aims to counteract stereotypes in AI images with an image library. (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">diversity</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">information literacy</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Politico highlights how AI can be used both for creation and detection of disinformation: </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2024/01/17/the-ai-disinformation-wars-00136232" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">The AI disinformation wars</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (5min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">disinformation</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Washington Post highlights the </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/20/openai-use-policy-ai-writing-amazon-x/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">prevalence of AI on big retail sites and social media platforms</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, calling out clear indicators of AI-generated content (9 min). Reworked makes the case for </span><a href="https://www.reworked.co/digital-workplace/digital-literacy-is-the-antidote-to-poor-information-quality/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">digital literacy to navigate information overload</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and limit use of AI as a reliable source (10 min)  (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">information literacy</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">An </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/data-brokers-know-everything-about-you-what-ftc-case-against-ad-tech-giant-kochava-reveals-218232" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">FTC case against ad tech giant Kochava</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> aims to address concerns around data brokers leveraging AI to harvest more data and prospectively deceive people into giving away personal data.  (The Conversation, 8 min). BBC reports that the spread of </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68110476" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">AI-generated images of Taylor Swift may lead to legislative action</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> in Congress, following similar laws passed in the United Kingdom (3 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">privacy</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The New York Times provided AI with a prompt and </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/25/business/ai-image-generators-openai-microsoft-midjourney-copyright.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">it generated a copyrighted image</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (9 min). (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">copyright</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Additional Resources</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://www.oif.ala.org</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> 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-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Intellectual Freedom News</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> –a weekly roundup of IF related articles</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Oregon Library Association’s </span><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/home" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Intellectual Freedom Toolkit</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (published February 8, 2022). A range of tools and </span></font></span><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style=""><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><b style=""><i>Rights, Responsibilities & Reactions</i></b> is a monthly roundup of Intellectual Freedom News compiled by the Multnomah<br>County Library Intellectual Freedom Committee. We welcome suggestions at <a href="mailto:lib.ifc@multco.us">lib.ifc@multco.us</a>.</font><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="font-size:large;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4"><b>Jennifer Keyser </b>(she/her)</font><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><b>Policy Coordinator Librarian</b><br>Monday - Friday</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4">971-429-4699<br></font></div></div><div><font size="4">Multnomah County Library</font></div><div><a href="http://multcolib.org" target="_blank"><font size="4">multcolib.org</font></a></div><div><br></div><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:165px;height:61px"><img alt="Copy of MultCoLib_2LineLogo_252px_RGB.jpg" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/BPf72uVYQUxwhGI43J5zs_mu8wfGy7gMdgvegoAzivH7B9ucNwUKNRGQuj4BVoqUAQTvNO2CVM8IXjj--9dm8J5h27nmKp7YjRT2ZYOXnQ7Difc0QJIn134YfklAYjbD-YrKlVa7YKXsiVj66S78gw" width="165" height="61" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span> </span></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span>  </span></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span>  </span></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span>  </span></span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:121px;height:75px"><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/liheVmXSrqRPboqG6-rYjzfR2NjXR9F2bgrHLEC4UXuwxkUQtUcw7VzSRT5b0xRecsair9tlCSTZ7CF2FsZrIHUmcekz97eGFwuOJUa37bcvN0wneTU5wCHV3inXgEJrOjl01LX2bSjqNbTYbVygVA" width="121" height="75" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p><div><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:121px;height:75px"><br></span></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>