The suit charges that the county school board violated the First Amendment rights of students when it removed or restricted access to more than 140 books, ignoring the advice of specialists who advised not to do so. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2025-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
A key victory in the ongoing battle over First Amendment rights in public libraries and access to books from Arkansas this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-24 14:00:00 UTC ]
After issuing a preliminary injunction in July 2023, a federal judge in Arkansas has now permanently struck down two key provisions of Arkansas’s controversial “harmful to minors” law, known as Act 372, finding the law to be unconstitutional. If the law's aim was to protect minors from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
In the event of a lawsuit, the U.S. government would likely argue national security issues. Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U.S. received President Joe Biden’s official signoff Wednesday. But the newly minted law could be in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-04-25 14:12:32 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: bomb threats over Juno Dawson's 'This Book Is Gay' highlight the increasing threat level librarians and teachers are facing; Missouri lawmakers vote to defund the state's public libraries; and PEN America's Nadine Farid Johnson tells Congress that the country is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
A longtime defender of the freedom to read, Finan confirmed that he will retire this summer after a celebrated career in the service of free expression and First Amendment rights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
This week's book censorship news, plus a look at US public libraries declaring themselves upholders of the First Amendment Rights of all. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-10-14 10:40:00 UTC ]
A petition was filed this week by the Knight First Amendment Institute and the ACLU on behalf of five former government employees, who claim their First Amendment rights are being unreasonably stifled by an expansive and non-transparent review process. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Chelsea Green and the authors of a controversial book claim that a letter Warren sent to Amazon expressing concern over the company's role in spreading Covid-19 misinformation violates their First Amendment rights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-09 05:00:00 UTC ]