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It is happening, right now.

NBC News

Arkansas librarians sue to block new law that could jail them over explicit books

Daily Mail

Mapped: The U.S. states where school librarians face years in prison and tens of THOUSANDS in fines for providing ‘harmful’ books for children

 

ABC News

Proposed Missouri book ban could jail librarians for loaning ‘inappropriate’ content

The Guardian

We’ve moved backwards’: US librarians face unprecedented attacks amid rightwing book bans

KVBT 7

Measure that could fine, jail librarians passes Idaho House

Intellectual Freedom Blog—American Library Association

The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association

Beyond Book Banning: Efforts to Criminally Charge Librarians