MORE 'CENSORSHIP' POSTS
From the The Bowdoin Current: According to the Bowdoin administration and the Office of Safety and Security, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library (H-L Library) will continue its policy to not restrict Internet access, though the public computers in H-L Library have been used to view pornographic materials. In the interest of providing free and open access to information, […]
Via London (Ontario) Metro News: A plea to ban pornography at city libraries will be considered next month. Josh Morgan, chairman of the library board, said a request that the library install porn filters on computers will be discussed during the board’s annual review of its Internet policy. [Clip] Others at Thursday’s meeting suggested a […]
ALA President: "Banned Books Week Reminds Us That Censorship Is Alive and Well in the Internet Age "
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing, School Libraries
|From a Column by ALA President Molly Rapahel in the Huntington Post: Let’s remember that public libraries and public school libraries are for all the people in the community, and that every community embraces a tapestry of beliefs, lifestyles, and values, from gay to straight, from liberal to conservative, rich and poor, and everywhere in […]
The interactive map is titled, “Censorship on the March” and shows Internet filtering in four areas: 1. Political 2. Social 3. Conflict 4. Internet Tools Data sources are OpenNet Initiative and the United Nations.
Australia: National Library Archives Graffiti Website
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, Preservation, Reports, Resources
|From NineMSN: The National Library has archived a graffiti website because it has social and cultural merit, the Herald Sun reports. The website boasts it has the nation’s largest online collection of street art photos, with more than 4000 images of graffiti and tags on trains and the streets, many taken in Melbourne. The newspaper […]
New Anti-Censorship Scheme Could Make It Impossible to Block Individual Sites A radical new approach to thwarting Internet censorship would essentially turn the whole web into a proxy server, making it virtually impossible for a censoring government to block individual sites. The system is called Telex, and it is the brainchild of computer science researchers […]
New: Five Videos Recorded At IFLA Presidential Meeting Discuss Copyright, Open Access and Human Rights
Associations and Organizations, Libraries, Open Access, Publishing
|Direct to Presentations Presentation by Ruth Okediji, University of Minnesota Law School “Legal and Policy Changes for Libraries in the Age of Digital Books” Presentation by Kai Ekholm, Chair of Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee “Access to Information as a Human Right” Additional Videos Copyright (CC License) Open Access Access […]
From a UNESCO Announcement: “While the Internet is empowering individuals more than ever, there is an increase globally in content filtering and censorship,” this is one of key messages from the launching ceremony of the UNESCO publication, Freedom of Connection – Freedom of Expression: The Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet. Professor [William] […]
From MyFoxPhoenix.com: A valley mom who pushed to have a book banned from her daughter’s school library has succeeded. Hilary Lockhart says the book ‘Lovingly Alice’ contains graphic details about sex and shouldn’t be available to kids. Lockhart, the mother of an 8-year-old from Quayle Run Elementary, was shocked when she flipped through the pages […]
Leaping Over the Firewall: A Review of Censorship Circumvention Tools Internet censorship poses a large and growing challenge to online freedom of expression around the world. Censorship circumvention tools are critical to bypass restrictions on the internet and thereby to protect free expression online. Circumvention tools are primarily designed to bypass internet filtering. Therefore, the […]