Archive for the 'Censorship' Category
Penguins in trouble
May 8th, 2008Jacket Copy - “This bit of news coincided with a book that arrived at our offices the other day. I can only imagine what opponents of “And Tango Makes Three” will think of Joel Derfner’s “Swish: My Quest to Become the Gayest Person Ever,” published this month by Broadway Books, if it makes it to [...]
Government funded database censors the word “abortion”
April 3rd, 2008LibrarianActivist.org - “A librarian wrote to the POPLINE database providers to ask why a search strategy, probably involving the word abortion, retrieved fewer results than it did 3 months earlier.”
Yowsa! This is horrible.
Google shareholders to vote on censorship, human rights
March 25th, 2008CNET News.com - “For the second year in a row, Google shareholders will be asked to hold the Web search giant accountable for protecting free speech, regardless of international borders.”
Pocatello Librarian Says Book About Censorship is Being Censored
March 25th, 2008NBC Newschannel 6 - “The Idaho Falls Public Library is in the middle of a community reading project to encourage people to read books. But the book the library chose is about censorship, and one librarian thinks the controversial book just like its topic, is being censored.”
Disturbing book will stay in school library
March 2nd, 2008Boston Globe - “A novel by Alice Sebold kept in the John W. McDevitt Middle School library will remain there, despite a request from a parent to remove it.”
Interesting headline…a bit one sided.
Censored Flag Art
November 8th, 2007Laura Dolce - “What started as a simple art show has turned into a battle between an artist and library officials, with charges of censorship on one side, and concerns over “inflammatory” images on the other.”
More on Human Filtering - The Bad Kind
September 20th, 2007Carlos Sadovi - “After hearing from the district’s lawyers, the principal sent a letter to parents Monday informing them that the book would remain on the required reading list. He warned parents that if they directed their children not to read the book, it could “have a significant negative effect on the final course grade.”
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More on Censoring
September 17th, 2007Japan Times - “Several libraries have suspended access to a book that contains confidential information about a teenager institutionalized for setting his home on fire and killing his stepmother and two siblings.”
More on Human Filters
September 12th, 2007The bad kind.
Library Smut
August 29th, 2007Matt Barber - “Illinois School District 126, covering Alsip, Hazelgreen and Oak Lawn, has defended its choice to assign summer reading to 12- and 13-year-olds that is replete with harsh profanity and references to teen sex (even teen sex with adults).”