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September 24, 2021 - Collated by OIF Staff and News Editor on the Intellectual Freedom Blog

Highlights

• Celebrate Banned Books Week 2021 with Resources, Events
• Upcoming Banned Books Week Events | Intellectual Freedom Blog

Censorship

• Kara Bell: Texas mom slams school board over anal sex references in library book | MEAWW
  • Lake Travis ISD pulls, will review book deemed sexually explicit | KXAN
  • Out of Darkness Pulled for Review in Central Texas Middle Schools | Book Riot
• School board chair: Alert parents of book choices | The Smithfield Times (VA)
• Central York book ban: School board to vote on reversing decision tonight | York Daily Record
  • Central York school board votes unanimously to rescind book ban: 'It has taken far too long' | York Daily Record
  • High school activists get controversial book ban reversed in Pennsylvania: 'They are heroes' | Yahoo! Life
  • In Central York, kids rose up to save books on MLK, Rosa Parks from their parents | The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Tony Norman: Eyes wide shut at Central York High School | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • York County Libraries react to Central York SD book ban | ABC 27
• Critical race theory' roils a Tennessee school district | Reuters
• The Right's Snowflakes Are Banning Books | The Bulwark
• Parents outraged, protest over children's book on puberty at their public library | KEVN-TV
  • Protesters in Cass County say the public library must remove children's book | KMBC
  • Cass County [MO] residents divided over fate of sex education book | FOX 4
• Commissioner, teacher raise concerns regarding books at library | County 17
• Summit County Prosecutor investigates whether Hudson classroom material is 'sexually explicit' | Cleveland 19 News
  • Summit County Prosecutor on controversial book used at Hudson High School: Fictional writing prompts are 'not child pornography' | Cleveland.com
• Board approves CRT statement | Leavenworth Times
• Banning books is a nasty habit, whether it comes from the right or left | KAKE
• Leander ISD school board member resigns over graphic material found in high school books | Austin American-Statesman
• As Banned Books Week Approaches, the Fight Against Censorship Intensifies | School Library Journal
• Newberg community testifies on school district ban on Pride, BLM symbols | The Oregonian
• NCAC Criticizes Censorship of LGBTQ History Exhibit at Missouri State Capitol | National Coalition Against Censorship
• Artists, Curators and Advocates Condemn Florida Mayor's Political Censorship of Coral Gables Public Art Show | National Coalition Against Censorship

Privacy & Cybersecurity

• At the Supreme Court, a Plea to Reveal Secret Surveillance Rulings | The New York Times
• Protecting Student Data Privacy in the Digital Age | The Regulatory Review
• There's no escape from Facebook, even if you don't use it | The Washington Post
• Privacy Reset: A guide to the important settings you should change now | The Washington Post

More privacy news is available at the Voices for Privacy blog.

First Amendment, Free Speech, & Civil Liberties

• Texas Abortion Law Doesn't Pass Muster | The Wall Street Journal
• Lawsuit claims Danbury violated YouTuber's rights in library incident | News Times
• Citizen Enforcement of Texas Abortion Ban Could Spread to Other Law | Pew Stateline
• Pendleton high school sued for alleged violations of students' rights in gay-straight alliance | Indiana Lawyer
  • Pendleton Heights students sue school, allege unfair treatment of Gay-Straight Alliance | IndyStar

Copyright

• Instagram dodges photogs' copyright lawsuit over embedding feature | Reuters

Academic Freedom & Campus Speech

• The Fight Over Tenure Is Not Really About Tenure | The New York Times
• Opinion: Recent bill will damage educational freedom | The Sandspur
• UW professors challenge GOP attempts to ban critical race theory on college campuses | CBS 58

Social Media

• Pew: Sizable Portion of U.S. Use Social Media for News | Broadcasting and Cable
• Facebook, Alphabet Poised for Bigger Fines Over Russia Content | Bloomberg
• Tech Groups Sue Texas Over Social Media Censorship Law | Texas Public Radio
• Customs & Border Protection ordered to disclose social media surveillance rules | Courthouse News Service

Information Literacy & Disinformation

• House Oversight Committee Investigating Climate Change Disinformation | JDSupra
• Facebook steps up fight against climate misinformation -- but critics say effort falls short | The Guardian
• How LA County countered recall-election disinformation in real time on social media | ABC News
• Countering Misinformation About Abortion: The Role of Health Sciences Librarians [PDF] | American Journal of Public Health
• Disinformation May Be the New Normal, Election Officials Fear | Pew
• Blackbird.AI grabs $10M to help brands counter disinformation | TechCrunch
• Delta and Disinformation: The COVID Surge We Chose | Texas Public Radio
• One lawyer's rise shows how vaccine misinformation can fuel fundraising and far-right celebrity | The Washington Post
• Delta Variant, Disinformation Lead to ICU Shortage in Southern Illinois | WTTW

International News

• Detained for his Words - Sri Lankan Poet Ahnaf Jazeem is an Amnesty International Banned Books Week Case | Intellectual Freedom Blog
• Apple just did something in Russia that made civil liberties advocates furious | BGR
• Navalny allies accuse YouTube, Telegram of censorship in Russian election | The Gazette
• Disinformation: A New Type of State-Sponsored Violence | The India Forum
• China's Crackdown Has a Straight Eye for the Queer Guy | The Washington Post
• China Orders Social Media to Block Banned Users From 'Reincarnation' | Vice
• Hong Kong Forces Tiananmen Vigil Group to Delete Online Presence | The New York Times
• Iron curtain falls on Hong Kong cinema as censors demand cuts | France24
  • Hong Kong filmmakers weigh in on state's censorship rules, culture clampdown | Firstpost
• Another [Philippines] university removes NDFP books from library | Inquirer.net

Around the Web

• Freedom to Read Foundation Banned Book Week Grant Recipients | Intellectual Freedom Blog
• "Happy Birthday, Angie Thomas!" Author of The Hate U Give | Intellectual Freedom Blog
• Remembering Ramona and Beverly Cleary's Attention to Childhood Emotions | Los Angeles Review of Books
• Montana education board member calls 1619 Project 'untrue history' | Helena Independent Record
• Stafford County [VA] board votes to denounce teaching the 1619 Project, critical race theory | ABC 13
• Why the Culture Wars in Schools Are Worse Than Ever Before | Politico
• How to Help School Boards Resist Pressure Groups | The Washington Post
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Banned Books Week -- How Challenges Offer Opportunities for Reflection | Patch
• The Republicans Who Are Concerned About Big Tech Censorship Are Censoring Other Texans | Texas Public Radio
• 'Burning Man' presents D.H. Lawrence in all his flawed brilliance | The Washington Post
• Civil rights attorney Robert Lynn forged ties between minorities, women and LGBTQ community | The San Diego Union-Tribune

ALA News

• United for Libraries to coordinate 16th Annual National Friends of Libraries Week; award applications open

Awards & Grants

• Mary C. E. Franks Selected as the 2021 ALA Century Scholarship Recipient
• Monet R. Hardison Selected as the 2021 Mary V. Gaver Scholarship Recipient
• Hallie Rich Appointed ALA Policy Fellow
• Deadline Approaching Soon for Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellows Program
• Patricia Concepcion Selected as the 2021 Christopher Hoy/ERT Scholarship Recipient
• Bria V. Harris Selected as the 2021 David H. Clift Scholarship Recipient
• Meaghan E. Davidson Selected as the 2021 Tony B. Leisner Scholarship Recipient

eLearning

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Publishing

• Spratford's new guide to horror fiction

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