Medieval writers and clerics condemned queer romance and gender-bending stories − but were often wary of even mentioning the topics.
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More than 40,000 people petitioned to reverse Cumberland City Council’s book ban, showing the power of collective action against censorship.
Cumberland City Council’s ban of books depicting same-sex parents from its libraries implies such relationships are unnatural or strange. What’s happening?
Israel continues to restrict international journalists access to Gaza, and Palestinian reporters are being killed.
Using Australian laws to force a foreign-owned platform to take down content globally sets a risky precedent – should we allow all countries to impose their laws on the internet?
AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
Georgia is backsliding toward Russia’s sphere of influence.
New research shows that even after Facebook made changes to stem the tide of dangerous pandemic misinformation, some accounts continued to thrive.
Amid calls to ban certain books from libraries and schools, research shows that students benefit when they have the ability to choose which materials they want to read.
A law scholar examines a pair of Supreme Court cases that pit the public’s free speech rights against politicians’ rights.
Discussions about potential bans highlight the tension between Western countries and China over the app.
The Netanyahu government is pressuring Israel’s most prominent left-leaning newspaper over its coverage of the war in Gaza.
We’re all familiar with a green ‘G’ or a red ‘MA’ on a movie poster, but those ratings don’t have any basis in what we know about child development. They’d be much more useful for parents if they did.
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
The film Barbie is seen as an icon of American values , but is still proving popular in Russia.
A lecturer in English literature gets her students to examine children’s books through the lens of race, class and sexuality.
It was reported this week that Queen’s song Fat Bottomed Girls has not been included in a greatest hits compilation aimed at children – presumably because of the lyrics.
The hijacking of freedom by far-right politicians like Florida’s Ron DeSantis raises crucial questions about whose freedom is truly at stake in a time of tyranny.
To read broadly and deeply is a marvellous thing that can make us alert to the wide-ranging varieties of being. But no book will condemn or redeem us.
Distinct from civil disobedience, this legal strategy demands complete compliance with the law – even when there are loopholes that the laws’ creators didn’t intend.
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