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Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials (apnews.com)

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.

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[–] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's get started with religious texts then.

malicious compliance

[–] soratoyuki@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's already happened in Utah, were Bibles were temporarily banned in school libraries until ~~courts~~ the school board invented an exception to return them. These laws were never designed to be honesty and neutrally applied, and it's a grave mistake to assume otherwise.