[OPLINLIST] FW: Over-filtering in libraries and schools harms education

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From: Emily Sheketoff [mailto:esheketoff at alawash.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:00 PM
To: alacro-l at ala.org
Subject: [alacro-l] Over-filtering in libraries and schools harms education


Schools and libraries nationwide are routinely filtering internet content far more than what the Children's Internet Protection Act requires, according to "Fencing Out Knowledge: Impacts of the Children's Internet Protection Act 10 Years Later," a report released today by the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF). Please share the release and report with your colleagues.

Press release: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/06/over-filtering-schools-and-libraries-harms-education-new-ala-report-finds
DD: http://www.districtdispatch.org/2014/06/fight-fight-pick-filtering-battles-carefully-k-12/
Copies of the report will be available at ALA's Annual Conference
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