The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book , The New York Times;
""Regimes are expending so much energy attacking books because their
supposed limitations have begun to look like strengths: With online
surveillance, digital reading carries with it great risks and
semi-permanent footprints; a physical book, however, cannot monitor what
you are reading and when, cannot track which words you mark or
highlight, does not secretly scan your face, and cannot know when you
are sharing it with others."
Ethically-tangled aspects of 21st century societies and cultures. In the vein of Charles Darwin’s 1859 “entangled bank” metaphor—a complex and evolving digital ecosystem of difference and dependence, where humans, technologies, ethics, law, policy, data, and information converge and diverge. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Showing posts with label print books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label print books. Show all posts
Friday, October 4, 2019
The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book; The New York Times, October 3, 2019
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Expanding Privacy Legislation to Include Ebooks; American Libraries, July/August 2013
Mariam Pera, American Libraries; Expanding Privacy Legislation to Include Ebooks:
"While privacy continues to be an issue on the national scene, at least two states—Arizona and New Jersey—have taken steps to expand their library privacy laws to include ebooks...
Arizona and New Jersey follow in the footsteps of California, which in 2011 passed the Reader Privacy Act, extending library records protections to print-book and ebook purchases."
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