MORE: Amazon-owned online bookstore shuts down and we’re GLAD! (We’ll tell you why next week.); Shouldn’t Gavin Newsom have better things to do?; Reddit continues to ban copyright infringers; Fox News sued for libel; Television writers might go on strike; American journalist jailed in Russia forbidden to share accusations against him; and Satire site Babylon Bee sues CA Attorney General for censorship.
MORE: Teacher fired after asking students to write their own obituaries; New York public library offers paid internships to black applicants only; SF blames at-home workers for its financial woes downtown; Australian mayor will file defamation lawsuit against AI company; Author James Patterson accuses some media outlets of not reporting on his new book; Posthumous book editing can be considered censorship; and Publishers accused ad-tech firms of intellectual property infringement.
MORE: Stanford law students who protested apparently don’t know the law; Twitter Troll being prosecuted; Jack Daniels upset about dog toy that could actually help sell their booze sales; The battle against mass copying books continues; More book banning news; and Samantha Markle’s lawyer was dumb to take on her defamation lawsuit
The s*xual content of some books in school libraries is so graphic that it can’t be put on the air. Yet, some would have us believe that our children have a right to read these materials…without parental knowledge.
MORE: Thoughtcrime prosecution coming to a city near you?; Some legislators angry about Twitter Files; Gannett is killing newspapers; Reporter flees Africa and then gets censored in the U.S.; Senator accused of wanting to silence social media during the banking crisis; Environmental group sued for defamation after trying to sink the Maine lobster fishing industry; Oregon teacher accused of having kids write s*xual fantasy stories; and Author warns that we are losing our religious freedoms.
MORE: “Disinformation is simply a dog whistle for “censorship”; R.L. Stine says he did NOT give his publisher permission to re-edit his books; More adult books being found in children’s school libraries; CBS News contributor and author accused of plagiarism in new book; More colleges are banning ChatGPT; and Lawmakers furious when journalists refuse to give up their sources.
MORE: Dilbert creator being dropped from newspapers after stepping into the racism debate in his podcast; Ron DeSantis’ book hits #1; Authoritarian regimes are shutting down the Internet to their citizens at a record pace; and Is cheating the new norm among college students?
MORE: Romance novelist fails to escape from the law; Schools dropping honors classes for “equity,” South Park might get sued for poking fun at royals; Roald Dahl children’s books are being rewritten; Bernie Sanders in the hot seat over book tour; WWII love letters found beyond wall in NY home; and School district pays $100K in legal fees for attempting to silence parents over p*rnographic book available to kids in middle school.
MORE: Book found in schools appears to promote kids sharing s*xual photos of themselves; Indigo/Chapters has “cybersecurity incident”; Don’t miss the funniest headline of the week!; Mitt Romney shares hundreds of emails to book author; Murdaugh murder case mirrors author’s novel plot; and JK Rowling critic forced to apologize for calling her a “nazi” online.
As a writer or author, should YOU be worried? Are your knowledge and skills about to become irrelevant?
