Latest threat to free speech: Florida says book bans are government speech

This is scary. The Bill of Rights protects citizens from the government. Not the other way around. www.tcpalm.com/story/news/p...

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— EveryLibrary (@everylibrary.bsky.social) November 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM

UPDATE: Warning - I'm very very behind, so more to come. There's a lot of book bans friends. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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— Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn (@tasslyn.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM

If you complain about a "book ban," using that language, Florida just says that libraries have the right to remove books of which they disapprove and that this doesn't amount to a "ban." (The Florida fight over banned books goes national, WFSU | By Margie Menzel, January 31, 2025)

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

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— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) May 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Book banners are trying to create a world in which no one is able to imagine living lives different from their own

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— Authors Against Book Bans (@authorsabb.bsky.social) March 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM

‘BLOCKADE’: The Right Is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning, Claire Woodcock, 404 Media, Apr 1, 2026

"...H.R. 7661, the so-called “Stop the Sexualization of Children" Act.

This dangerous federal bill has already passed the House Committee on Education and Workforce and could move quickly. It would threaten public-school funding for books, materials and programs that lawmakers label “sexually oriented,” including material the bill says “involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism.” It could be used to broadly limit what young people are allowed to read, learn, and see reflected in their schools. The American Library Association has described H.R. 7661 as “dangerous,” “vague,” and an invitation to government censorship."

— Jews for a Secular Democracy, April 2026

Federal court OKs Iowa’s “cruel” book ban law in stunning LGBTQ+ defeat The appeals court vacated two separate injunctions against the law, but advocates promise to keep fighting. John Russell (He/Him), LGBTQ Nation, April 7, 2026