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library groups continue fight for net neutrality

censorship dateline: schools, internet, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, student
press, university, privacy, national security, harassment, copyright, periodicals, etc.

is it legal?: schools, student press, university, intellectual property, privacy

success stories: schools

poll shows growing support for book banning

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

new privacy guidelines encourage libraries and
vendors to work together to protect reader privacy

Americans still love libraries

psychologists ban work with government interrogators

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university,
foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, publishing

is it legal?: schools, universities, Internet

success stories: library, schools, colleges and universities

Freedom Act limits NSA phone surveillance

ALA co-founds major new coalition to recalibrate copyright

freedom of the press 2015

Neal and Bloom win 2015 FTRF Roll of Honor awards

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, net neutrality, public records, Internet privacy, publishing, copyright, libel, “revictimization”

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, political speech

success stories: libraries, schools,
colleges and universities

Jefferson Muzzle Awards for 2015

FCC approves net neutrality rules, classifying

broadband Internet service as a utility

White House proposes broad consumer data privacy bill

NSA surveillance program renewed

Pam Klipsch receives 2015 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award

censorship dateline: schools, university

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, copyright, Internet, FOIA, panhandling

is it legal?: schools, net neutrality, broadband

FCC chair goes beyond “net neutrality”; proposes to regulate Internet

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

reporters experience censorship on social media

David Cohen, 1909–2015

censorship dateline: library, schools, student press, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, fighting words, pornography

is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, copyright

success stories: schools, university

In This Issue

ALA and ACRL encouraged by “fair use” decision in Georgia State case

Huppenthal is out in Arizona

ALA protests Adobe data breach

“I <heart> Boobies” lawsuit settled

how social media silences debate

“Klinghoffer” opera opens to protests

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, comedy, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, surveillance, social media, open records

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, nudity, social media, police interaction

success stories: schools, student press

In This Issue:

over-filtering harms education, new ALA report finds

ALA brings library lens to net neutrality debate

higher ed, library groups release “net neutrality” principles

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

FCC report on wi-fi gap

privacy groups ask Obama not to renew NSA powers

European court lets users erase web records

Herbert Krug wins 2014 Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award

2014 edition of Banned Books: Challenging our Freedom to Read now available

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, NSA surveillance, cyberbullying, rap music, defamation

is it legal?: schools, news media, “sexting,” police

success stories: schools

In This Issue:

Jefferson "Muzzle" Awards for 2014

FCC backs away from net neutrality

lawmakers push for NSA surveillance changes

survey confirms librarians' commitment to privacy rights

people think world media becoming less free

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, publishing, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, privacy

is it legal?: colleges and universities, surveillance

success stories: schools, colleges and universities

In This Issue:

ALA calls for passage, signing of USA Freedom Act

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

watchdog report concludes NSA program is illegal

Obama administration begins changes to NSA phone records program

censorship dateline: schools, student press, colleges and universities, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools

is it legal?: schools, government surveillance, net neutrality, copyright, privacy, press freedom

success stories: schools

In This Issue:

ALA calls for passage, signing of USA Freedom Act

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

watchdog report concludes NSA program is illegal

Obama administration begins changes to NSA phone records program

censorship dateline: schools, student press, colleges and universities, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools

is it legal?: schools, government surveillance, net neutrality, copyright, privacy, press freedom

success stories: schools

In This Issue:

NSA surveillance controversy grows

CRS report on NSA surveillance

privacy fears grow as cities increase surveillance

Obama efforts to control media ‘most aggressive’ since Nixon, report says

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, theater, publishing, prisons

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, surveillance, free press, publishing, social media, privacy, copyright

is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, net neutrality, privacy and surveillance

success stories: libraries, schools, college

In This Issue:

FTRF, ALA join efforts to protect privacy and increase transparency around surveillance

NSA collected U.S. email records in bulk for more than two years under Obama

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

Platt, Feingold win FTRF honors

report debunks links between gun violence and media

MIT releases report on Swartz case

school web filtering needs makeover

censorship dateline: libaries, schools, publishing, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, publishing, freedom of the press, secrecy and surveillance, “sexting,” prison

is it legal?: secrecy and surveillance, schools, church and state, broadcasting, social media

success stories: schools

In This Issue:

no genre safe on 2012 ‘most challenged’ list

state of America’s libraries

phone records of journalists seized by U.S.

U.S. maintains vast database of phone calls

NSA said to have collected data from Internet firms

ALA Council calls for reforms to support privacy, open government, government transparency, and accountability in wake of NSA surveillance disclosures

2013 Hugh M. Hefner Awards

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, Internet

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, copyright, privacy and surveillance, access and transparency

success stories: schools, foreign

In This Issue:

2013 “Jefferson Muzzle” awards announced

Rhode Island ACLU report finds prevalent Internet censorship in public schools

“Harlem Shake” videos lead to school suspensions

White House opens more federally funded scientific research to the public

in review: Priests of Our Democracy

editorial board resigns in support of open access

ALA labeled “facilitator of porn”

Mellen press continues to threaten critics

survey finds gap in Internet access between rich, poor students

censorship dateline: libraries and schools, student press, universities, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, university, National Security Letters

is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, publishing, broadcasting

success stories: libraries, college, foreign

In This Issue:

AASL survey explores filtering in schools

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

Pew report finds libraries still vital

digital divide hurts students

Obama calls for study of video game violence

high school students, teachers report media censorship

where books go to die

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, publishing, colleges and universities, broadcasting, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, military courts, Internet, public nudity

is it legal?: libraries, schools, college, social media, online privacy, counterterrorism

success stories: libraries, schools, university, foreign

In This Issue:

survey shows school web filtering can impede learning

as libraries go digital, privacy issues emerge

studies find wariness over tracking online data, while more companies engage in tracking

Internet anti-censorship tools overwhelmed by demand

governments asking Google to provide more data

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, university, Twitter

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, universities, church and state, Internet, privacy

is it legal?: schools, colleges and universities, e-publishing, press freedom, privacy, defamation

success stories: libraries, schools

In This Issue:

fewer books banned in Texas schools

state of the First Amendment

publishers and Google end lawsuit

free speech in the YouTube era

does press freedom lead to happiness?

censorship dateline: library, schools, retailing, theater, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, church and state, freedom of assembly, privacy

is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, freedom of assembly, privacy and surveillance, social media

success stories: libraries, schools, foreign

In This Issue:

Internet censorship and cell phone surveillance requests on the rise

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

Missouri book challenges run gamut

bird flu paper is published after debate

Human Rights Council passes resolution to protect Internet speech

privacy trumps cybersecurity in recent poll

most Americans, when reminded, support First Amendment freedoms

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, library, colleges and universities, Internet, Twitter

is it legal?: libraries, university, freedom of assembly, National Security Letters, privacy and surveillance

In This Issue:

fifty shades of censorship?’

most frequently challenged books of 2011

Occupy Wall Street librarians sue NYC over confiscated books

movement to protest Israel’s policies triggers fights over U.S. scholars’ speech

state climatologists face free speech challenges

Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, blog, publishing, beer, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, Internet, surveillance, police, prisons, sidewalks

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, social media, Google, terrorist speech

success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities

In This Issue:

White House offers online privacy ‘Bill of Rights’

FTC releases privacy report

consumers ‘very concerned’ about online privacy

MLA statement on Tucson book removals

FBI still struggling with Supreme Court GPS ruling

bird-flu papers released for publication

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, publishing, prisons, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities

is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, privacy, surveillance

success stories: library, schools, e-books, foreign

In This Issue:

opposition grows to Tucson book removals

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

protest at UCSD leads to expanded library hours

SOPA and PIPA withdrawn after massive Internet protest

2011: when intellectual property trumped civil liberties

Dorothy Broderick, 1929-2011

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, periodicals, Internet, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, school, colleges and universities, Internet

how favorable to free speech is the Roberts court?

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, secrecy, privacy

success stories: schools, university, prison, Internet, foreign

In This Issue:

ALA denounces library destruction at Occupy Wall Street

California campuses embroiled in free speech controversies

ACLU pressures districts to ease Internet filtering

when school web filtering comes home

ALA calls for Penguin group to restore e-book access to library patrons

Kansas governor apologizes to tweeting teen

Texas history education standards receive dismal reviews

banned books in prisons

defend the freedom to read: it's everybody's job

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, publishing, colleges and universities, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, university, broadcasting

is it legal?: libraries, university, USA PATRIOT Act, prepublication review, Internet

success stories: library, schools, university

In This Issue:

authors sue to remove digital collections

Google books case set for trial

ACLU of Texas issues 15th annual banned books report

Irvine 11 found guilty

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, theater, university, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, privacy, colleges and universities, “pole tax”

is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, Internet, cell phones, privacy, prison

success stories: libraries, schools, universities

In This Issue:

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

shhh!! no opinions in the library

UN declares Internet a basic human right

U.S. underwrites Internet detour around censors

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, library, universities, Internet, prisons

is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, privacy, Interne

success stories: schools, prisons