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<p style="line-height:1.2" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f561b309-7fff-c065-aa5f-3a022b0d6b76">Hello Oregon Library Community,<br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2">
<font size="4" face="arial, sans-serif">The March edition of Multnomah County Library's IF Newsletter is
 now available (PDF version attached). The newsletter highlights the 
recent reports and news on book bans, including recent legislation and 
the work of anti-censorship groups and individuals. There are several 
articles on disinformation, especially in relation to AI. </font>

</p><p dir="ltr" style="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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;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">March 2024</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56"></p><hr><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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 American Library Association (ALA) announced an uptick in challenges in 2023 -a 92% increase in public libraries, see </span><a href="https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/2023-book-bans/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Unite Against Book Bans: 2023 Numbers</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 full report will be released in April. </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/books/book-bans.html" style="text-decoration:none"><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">The New York Times</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"> (5 min) and the </span><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/book-banning-attempts-are-at-record-highs-180983964/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Smithsonian Magazine </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">(3 min) summarizes the ALA findings. </span><a href="https://ca.news.yahoo.com/challenges-library-materials-rising-canada-180811836.html?" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Canada is experiencing increases in challenges</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"> (Yahoo! News, 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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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 Oregon Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee (OLA IFC) released a </span><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/assets/IntellectualFreedom/IF_Toolkit/OLA_IFC_2024-02-26_Statement_CANBY.pdf" style="text-decoration:none"><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">report on the censorship that happened at Canby School District</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">. More on the </span><a href="https://www.kgw.com/video/news/local/the-story/what-the-canby-school-district-did-wrong-in-removing-books-from-schools-according-to-a-new-report/283-7ea85a8e-4e1a-4aa5-97de-4aca7b59379c" style="text-decoration:none"><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">OLA IFC’s report and Senate Bill 1583</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"> (KGW, 5 min). OPB reports on a </span><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/17/dissolving-library-districts-is-a-hot-topic-wa-bill-could-make-it-harder-to-do/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">new bill in Washington</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"> that would make it harder to dissolve library districts (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">legislation</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">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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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">More on the need to pass legislation to counteract censorship: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/19/maryland-bill-book-challenges-libraries/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">We now have to pass laws to protect freedoms we thought we had</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"> (Washington Post, 6 min) and </span><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/new-wave-bills-targeting-libraries-threat-democracy-american-library-a-rcna138558" style="text-decoration:none"><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">New wave of bills targeting libraries is 'a threat to our democracy,'</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"> (NBC, 6 min). This opinion piece in the Idaho Sun Capital captures the </span><a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/03/18/libraries-are-our-most-democratic-institutions-idahos-house-bill-710-could-threaten-that/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">issues around legislation that limits access to library materials</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"> (4 min). Related, </span><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/03/haters-attacked-an-inclusive-public-library-so-its-director-made-the-whole-city-a-book-sanctuary/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Haters attacked an inclusive public library. So its director made the whole city a book sanctuary</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 Nations, 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: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">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><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">legislation</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:1.56;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">Reading banned books can be helpful and life changing, see </span><a href="https://buckscountybeacon.com/2024/03/how-teens-benefit-from-being-able-to-read-disturbing-books-that-some-want-to-ban/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">How Teens benefit from reading ‘disturbing’ books that some want to ban</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"> (Bucks County Beacon, 10 min). Author Khaled Hosseini expands on this idea: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/13/khaled-hosseini-us-book-bans-interview" style="text-decoration:none"><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">book bans in the US betrays students</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"> (Guardian, 6 min). Ms. Magazine calls out the </span><a href="https://msmagazine.com/2024/03/04/book-bans-censorship-rape-porn/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">harm from sensoring of sexual violence</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"> through book bans (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">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><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">inclusion</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:1.56;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">RuPaul continues to fight censorship: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/arts/rupaul-memoir-book-bans.html" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Rainbow Bus to Give Away Books Targeted by Bans</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, 7 min). Dan Rather offers an inspirational take: </span><a href="https://steady.substack.com/p/a-101-year-olds-fight-against-book" style="text-decoration:none"><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">A 101-Year-Old’s Fight Against Book Banning</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"> (Steady, 5 min). Also, the Nation highlights how public libraries are a public good: </span><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/public-libraries-book-bans/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Stop Picking on Public Libraries</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"> (16 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><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">inclusion</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:1.56;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">More anti-censorship champions are emerging: </span><a href="https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Children’s authors</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"> launch </span><a href="https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Authors Against Banned Books</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"> (Publishers Weekly,  9 min). On the international level: </span><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2024/03/14/statement-international-organisations-for-authors-publishers-booksellers-and-libraries-call-for-key-freedoms-to-be-respected/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Authors, Publishers, and Libraries issued a statement for key freedoms to be respected</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">. (Library Journal, 8 min). </span><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-booksellers-revolt/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Booksellers in Texas revolt</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"> (Texas Observer, 22 min). Yes magazine showcases</span><a href="https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2024/03/18/florida-book-ban-lgbt" style="text-decoration:none"><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"> groups fighting book bans?</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"> (9 min). Teens continue getting involved: </span><a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2024/03/11/hendersonville-high-school-senior-julia-garnett-launches-free-speech-club-after-book-bans/72603783007/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Tennessee teen started a free speech club to fight back</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"> (Tennessean, 10 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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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">Take a deep dive into the history of censorship in this scholarly, long read:  </span><a href="https://reactormag.com/tools-for-thinking-about-censorship/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Tools for Thinking About Censorship</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"> (Reactor, 27 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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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">Harvard Law Review explores </span><a href="https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-137/drag-queens-the-first-amendment-and-expressive-harms/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Drag Queens and the First Amendment</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">, grounding drag in joy (40 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">inclusion</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">diversity</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:1.56;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 Conversation offers a look into the increased availability of </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-astonishing-rise-in-lgbtq-romance-literature-223159" style="text-decoration:none"><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"> LGBTQ+ romance literature</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">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">inclusion</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">diversity</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:1.56;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">JSTOR, the academic database, is now available to many experiencing incarceration: </span><a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2024/03/01/jstor-expands-access-incarcerated-students" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Game-Changing Access to Academic Materials in Prison</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"> (Inside Higher Ed, 8 min). </span><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/e-books-can-subvert-book-bans-but-corporate-profit-seeking-stands-in-the-way/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">E-Books provide access to ban books</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">, but costs often get in the way (Truthout, 22 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></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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">Barbara McQuade writes about the </span><a href="https://time.com/6837548/disinformation-america-election/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">harm of disinformation to democracy</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">; go deeper with her </span><a href="https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C2248375" style="text-decoration:none"><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">new 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"> (Time, 14 min). A Military Times survey found an </span><a href="https://www.airforcetimes.com/flashpoints/extremism-disinformation/2024/03/05/military-times-survey-alarming-percentage-accept-conspiracies/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">alarming acceptance of conspiracies</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">, noting veterans can be used to legitimize disinformation (16 min). Forbes pinpoints </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurkellermann/2024/03/12/the-top-threat-to-americans-health-is-not-a-virus-its-disinformation/?sh=4bf0e7245068" style="text-decoration:none"><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">how misinformation impacts public health</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). The New York Times dives into </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/business/media/kate-middleton-britney-spears-rumors-misinformation.html" style="text-decoration:none"><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 appeal and proliferation of celebrity misinformation</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"> (11 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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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 Week highlights how </span><a href="https://theweek.com/politics/russian-america-news-shortage-disinformation-fake-news-sites" style="text-decoration:none"><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">fake news sites are filling local news  gaps</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">, often containing disinformation (4 min). The article identifies  ways to determine legitimacy of the website and notes the </span><a href="https://www.disinfo.id/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Information Laundromat</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"> as a tool. (</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><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">information literacy</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:1.56;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">A Consumer Reports investigation found that </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/29/doorbell-cameras-aiwit-privacy-amazon-walmart-temu/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">camera doorbells from Amazon, Walmart aren't safe</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"> (Washington Post, 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">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></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;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">Regulations in Europe are </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/technology/europe-apple-meta-google-microsoft.html" style="text-decoration:none"><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">causing big tech companies to shift their practices,</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"> potentially providing more options and improved privacy for consumers (New York Times, 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">access, 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></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13pt;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">AI Spotlight</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"><br></span><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/wikipedia-downgrades-cnets-reliability-rating-after-ai-generated-articles/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating</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"> (Ars Technica, 8 min). Related: </span><a href="https://www.adweek.com/media/google-paying-publishers-unreleased-gen-ai/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Google Is Paying Publishers Five-Figure Sums to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform</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"> (Adweek, 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">information literacy</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;margin-top:10pt;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">AI-generated images generate engagement and spread misinformation: </span><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-seniors-are-falling-for-ai-generated-pics-on-facebook" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Seniors Are Falling for AI-Generated Pics on Facebook</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"> (Daily Beast, 8 min). </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/06/tech/ai-images-election-misinformation/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Top AI photo generators produce misleading election-related images, study finds</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"> (CNN, 7 min).  </span><a href="https://fortune.com/2024/03/07/ai-watermarks-arent-just-easy-to-defeat-they-could-make-disinformation-worse/" style="text-decoration:none"><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">AI watermarks are not just easy to defeat—they could make disinformation worse</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"> (Fortune, 13 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><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">information literacy</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;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;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">Additional Resources</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.56;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><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">ALA Intellectual Freedom Blog: </span><a href="https://www.oif.ala.org" style="text-decoration:none"><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">https://www.oif.ala.org</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"> 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"><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">Intellectual Freedom News</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"> –a weekly roundup of IF related articles</span></p><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">Oregon Library Association’s </span><a href="https://libguides.osl.state.or.us/iftoolkit/home" style="text-decoration:none"><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">Intellectual Freedom Toolkit</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"> (published February 8, 2022). A range of tools and resources relating to IF challenges and policies created by the OLA Intellectual Freedom Committee</span><span style="font-size:13pt;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:pr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