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May 17, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg has failed Meta stakeholders and society. We call on library workers to join us in demanding accountability & reform.

Library Freedom Project (LFP), an advocacy organization of library workers committed to defending the digital privacy rights of the public, is joining a national effort to mobilize and rally support for corporate governance reforms at Meta Platforms, Inc. in advance of Meta’s annual general meeting next week. …

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Mark Zuckerberg has failed Meta stakeholders and society.
Mark Zuckerberg has failed Meta stakeholders and society.
Technology

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Feb 22, 2022

We demand accountability from Hoopla Digital and OverDrive regarding the platforming of fascist propaganda in their digital library collections.

MARCH 3RD UPDATE: On February 22, Library Freedom Project and Library Futures released a joint statement demanding accountability from Hoopla Digital CEO Jeff Jankowski and OverDrive CEO Steve Potash about fascist content on their platforms. While we have yet to receive a response from Potash and OverDrive, Jeff Jankowski of…

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We demand accountability from Hoopla Digital and OverDrive regarding the platforming of fascist…
We demand accountability from Hoopla Digital and OverDrive regarding the platforming of fascist…

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Jun 9, 2020

It’s not enough to say Black Lives Matter — libraries must divest from the police

The current global uprisings for Black Lives have made it clear that police power is enormous, deadly, and unaccountable. It is not enough for libraries to say “Black Lives Matter.” Now is the time for libraries to divest from police. Police and their surveillance technologies do not belong in libraries, and they inhibit our ability to promote our values of intellectual freedom, privacy, and access.

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Jan 4, 2019

Library services for economic justice

Alison Macrina and Myrna Morales submitted the following text to the ALA Committee on Diversity during their request for feedback on a revised policy about library services for people experiencing poverty. We’re publishing it here to share our ideas with the rest of the library community. …

Poverty

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Poverty

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