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https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/in-the-news/publishers-and-authors-guild-file-lawsuit-against-state-of-idaho-for-discriminatory-book-banning-provisions-with-house-bill-710/
Publishers and Authors Guild File Lawsuit Against State of Idaho For Discriminatory Book-banning...
Libraries, librarians and educators are punished by HB710 for having award-winning books and classics on public and school library shelves Lawsuit follows...
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https://authorsguild.org/advocacy/book-banning/
Book Banning - The Authors Guild
Oct 27, 2025 - The Authors Guild advocates for the rights of professional writers to create, publish, and earn a sustainable living as fiction and nonfiction writers, poets,...
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https://lithub.com/congressional-republicans-have-introduced-a-nationwide-book-banning-bill/
Literary Hub » Congressional Republicans have introduced a nationwide book banning bill.
A group of right-wing Congressional Representatives introduced a federal book banning bill in Congress this week that would give book censors wide latitude to...
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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/mar/22/educators-resisting-rightwing-book-banning
Progressives are resisting rightwing book banning campaigns – and are winning | US education | The...
Mar 22, 2022 - Advocates defeated a reactionary measure in Indiana, suggesting a growing backlash against education censorship
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https://thecurrentga.org/2022/03/31/general-assembly-sends-library-book-banning-measure-to-gov-kemp/
General Assembly sends library book-banning measure to Gov. Kemp - The Current
Mar 31, 2022 - Under the bill, school principals would have seven business days to review complaints from parents that a given book is obscene and “lacking in serious...
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https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next/2021/12/how-orchestrated-is-the-book-banning-moral-panic
How orchestrated is the book banning moral panic?
Attempts to bar Ashley Pérez’s novel Out of Darkness from school curricula have popped up around the country.
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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/95934-children-s-authors-on-the-real-world-cost-of-book-banning.html
Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning
Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.
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https://www.404media.co/blockade-the-right-is-using-ai-content-scanners-to-try-to-supercharge-book-banning/
‘BLOCKADE’: The Right Is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning
Apr 1, 2026 - Groups that challenge books have begun using Gemini, ChatGPT, xAI, and other AI tools to try to get books banned.
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-senate-freedom-read-2025
Thank Your Senator for Voting to Combat Politically Motivated Book Banning! - Action Network
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https://pen.org/book-banning-in-walton-county-based-on-misleading-porn-in-schools-report-illustrates-alarming-influence-of-fringe-groups-on-educational-censorship/
Book Banning In Walton County Based On Misleading “Porn In Schools Report” Illustrates Alarming...
Sep 7, 2024 - School districts like Walton are letting bigoted, unfounded claims dictate access to literature for all Last week, reports circulated that Walton County School...
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https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/148/094/482/
petition: Book Banning is a Classic Sign of Authoritarianism. Stop Censoring Books!
Banning books is nothing new in the United States. For decades, people attempting to preserve the status quo and prevent progress (60968 signatures on petition)
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https://www.ksl.com/article/50285208/book-banning-email-prompts-utah-district-to-pull-titles-from-high-school-libraries
Book banning? Email prompts Utah district to pull titles from high school libraries | KSL.com
Officials in the Canyons School District recently ordered nine books to be removed from the shelves of four Salt Lake County high schools. But is the district...
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https://authorsguild.org/news/update-on-hr-7661-federal-book-banning-bill/
Update on H.R. 7661: Help Us Stop the Federal Book Banning Bill - The Authors Guild
Apr 16, 2026 - The Authors Guild is actively opposing HR 7661, the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act.” The bill would link federal school funding to specific reading...
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https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-beacon-hill-to-take-action-against-book-banning
Tell Beacon Hill to Take Action against Book Banning - Action Network
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https://www.npr.org/2022/12/14/1142428557/ashley-hope-perez-on-out-of-darkness-book-ban
Essay on book banning by 'Out of Darkness' author Ashley Hope Pérez : NPR
Dec 14, 2022 - For years, Out of Darkness appeared on reading lists as a recommendation for ambitious young readers ready to face disquieting aspects of the American...
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https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/states-are-banning-book-bans-will-it-work/2026/01
States Are Banning Book Bans. Will It Work?
Approved legislation aims to stop school libraries from removing books for partisan reasons.
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