Resolution on U.S. Enterprises' Abridgement of Free Speech

ALA International Relations Committee; ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee; ALA Council

dc.contributor.author	ALA International Relations Committee
dc.contributor.author	ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee
dc.contributor.author	ALA Council
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-12T16:38:29Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-12T16:38:29Z
dc.date.issued	2021-06-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11213/16690
dc.description	At ALA Virtual 2020, ALA Council referred “Resolution Condemning U.S. Media Corporations' Abridgement of Free Speech” (ALA CD#46) to Intellectual Freedom Committee and International Relations Committee “to form a working group that shall include members from both committees as well as the original mover and seconder of the resolution with a report due back at Midwinter 2021.” A working group was created and met several times to review the resolution and craft language. At the 2021 Midwinter Meeting, ALA Council granted the working group a continuance of its charge to provide an updated report at the 2021 ALA Annual Conference. The working group proposed “Resolution on U.S. Enterprises' Abridgement of Free Speech” to ALA Council at the 2021 ALA Annual Virtual Conference. Among the resolved clauses, the resolution calls on ALA to strongly urge U.S. enterprises that allow for social interaction and comments on online platforms to resist efforts from governments to suppress or restrict the “right to freedom of opinion and expression” and urge those same U.S. enterprises to address disinformation, as well as targeted harassment or hate speech, in order to protect the honor, dignity, and humanity of users of their online platforms. “Resolution on U.S. Enterprises' Abridgement of Free Speech” was reviewed and approved by IRC and IFC to bring to ALA Council for consideration. It is endorsed by the Committee on Professional Ethics and Intellectual Freedom Round Table. At Council Forum, it was recommended that a definition of “US enterprises” be added to the resolution as a footnote. While the IFC was in general agreement with this change, they did not make this revision as the resolution had already been approved, endorsed, and submitted for consideration. This definition was proposed to ALA Council at ALA Annual Virtual Conference and was later added as a footnote to this resolution. The resolution's resolved clauses were adopted June 29, 2021, by ALA Council.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	“Resolution on U.S. Enterprises' Abridgement of Free Speech” was reviewed and approved by the International Relations Committee and the Intellectual Freedom Committee to bring to ALA Council for consideration. It is endorsed by the Committee on Professional Ethics and Intellectual Freedom Round Table. The resolved clauses were adopted June 29, 2021, by ALA Council.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	U.S. Enterprise	en_US
dc.subject	Resolution	en_US
dc.subject	Free Speech	en_US
dc.subject	Free Expression	en_US
dc.title	Resolution on U.S. Enterprises' Abridgement of Free Speech	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US