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Excellent summary.
The Connecticut Four challenged the climate of surveillance following 9/11, showing the nation that librarians would defend civil liberties.
The USA PATRIOT Act has created tension between the government and librarians in their roles as guardians of public well-being and as protectors of intellectual freedom.
This weekend marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in the US. Life changed in the US after the attacks. One of the many aspects of our lives that changed was the sudden erosion of privacy for everyone living in the States. One of the earliest visible examples of this rapid erosion of privacy was the … Continue reading "The Lasting Impact of The Patriot Act on Libraries"
A disputed program that allowed the National Security Agency to gain access to logs of Americans’ domestic calls and texts yielded only one significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study.
Shortly after we posted our initial coverage of the bizarre arrests of Steven Woolfolk and Jeremy Roshe-Kushel at the Kansas City Public Library, the Kansas City Star ran their own coverage of the debacle by Ian Cummings, and a couple of interesting developments came to light.
Activists oppose adding "Electronic Communication Transactional Records" to law.
No warrants needed to get browsing history, online purchase records, and other data.
‘Librarians were the original search engine’ and long before Edward Snowden, thousands campaigned against the government violating privacy rights
Your local library is on the front lines against government surveillance.
Warrant canaries.
Search giant says its policy always contests secrecy orders tacked to data requests.
California appeals court isn't inclined to follow 2nd Circuit rules.
How librarians became one of the loudest voices in the surveillance debate.