Alberta Senator @Paulatics delivered an excellent speech warning of the harms of online censorship, moral panic, book bans, and the problems with bans and age verifications as Senate Bill S-209 moves from the Senate to the House of Commons.

Thank you Senator! I could not agree more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsf_qQzvpg

#OnlineHarms #AgeVerification #CanPoli #CdnPoli #SoberFirstThought #Canada #Censorship #BookBan #Alberta #ABPoli #DanielleSmith

Tell Your Representatives: Vote NO on a National Book Ban!

Denounced by the American Library Association, the manipulatively titled “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act” proposes legislation to withhold federal funding if schools do not comply with the government’s opinion of what children should or should not be allowed to read.

https://indivisiblesf.org/call-scripts/2026/03/10/tell-your-representatives-vote-no-on-a-national-book-ban?mc_cid=ba51ca7be7&mc_eid=8bb0a26139

#BookBan

Theocrats, plutocrats, autocrats, all itching to tear down the world and rebuild it in their likeness. When did democracy go out of style? It's no wonder the USA is going to shit, big money is fanning the flames of fascism from within. We have our own sectarian crap to contend with, yet we're spending billions to supposedly rid other countries of theirs? WTAF

https://thelibrariansfilm.com/streaming/

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-librarians/

https://youtu.be/ywQOCY-qDzE

#IndependentLens #TheLibrarians #Libraries #Librarians #PBS #Democracy #FreeSpeech #BookBan #Fascism #USA

（世界発）「禁書」の動き、加速にＮＯ　米４５州、２１年度から累計２万３千冊：朝日新聞

https://digital.asahi.com/articles/DA3S16420386.html?ptoken=01KKDCMEHZS187PFHR2PXF30KW #bookban

Following up on Alberta's book ban legislation, CBC used Access to Information requests to compile an updated list of banned books. [1]

Last fall I posted about the initial list - which was criticized by Danielle Smith even though her legislation created it. [2]

I am sad to see graphic novel versions of Albert Camus in the list as his work greatly influenced me as a teen.

[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

[2] https://mastodon.social/@pkiff/115114821109946044

#Alberta #Censorship #Libraries #AlbertCamus #BookBan