2013 Banned Books Week Event: “Canaries in the Coal Mine: How Libraries Fight for Free Speech, Freedome from Surveillance, and Democratic Values”

August 19, 2013Events, NewsALA, banned books week, censorship, CIPR, democracy, events, intellectual freedom, libraries, OIF, public libraries, SOIS, surveillance

To kick off 2013 Banned Books Week, the UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies and UWM’s Center for Information Policy Research is partnering with the Milwaukee Public Library to host a special lecture by Barbara Jones, Director of the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom: CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE:… Read More

CIPR Co-Director Michael Zimmer Discusses Facebook Censorship in The Huffington Post

April 22, 2011Newscensorship, Facebook, huffington post, michael zimmer

CIPR co-director, Michael Zimmer, discusses recent controversies related to content censorship by Facebook in a blog post on The Huffington Post. The piece, “Facebook’s Censorship Problem,” critiques Facebook’s recent removal of a photo of two men kissing from a user’s… Read More

CIPR RA Anthony Hoffmann on Internet Censorship and the Wisconsin Capitol

February 23, 2011Newsanthony hoffmann, censorship, filtering, intellectual freedom, scott walker, wisconsin politics

Amidst the political controversy surrounding Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, there have have been allegations of possible Internet filtering at the Wisconsin Capitol where an opposition website was apparently blocked on the Capitol wifi network. This obviously has… Read More

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2013 Banned Books Week Event: “Canaries in the Coal Mine: How Libraries Fight for Free Speech, Freedome from Surveillance, and Democratic Values”

CIPR Co-Director Michael Zimmer Discusses Facebook Censorship in The Huffington Post

CIPR RA Anthony Hoffmann on Internet Censorship and the Wisconsin Capitol