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Weekly News Digest
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August 19, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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Publishers Weekly Explores Florida Ruling in Favor of the Right to Read
Nathalie op de Beeck writes the following in “Freedom to Read Advocates Cheer Decision in ‘PRH v. Gibson’” for Publishers Weekly:Right to read advocates hailed a Florida court’s ringing defense of First Amendment rights. … On August 13, U.S. District Court Judge Carlos E. Mendoza of the Middle District of Florida ruled in favor of plaintiffs in Penguin Random House v. Gibson, a lawsuit challenging Florida House Bill 1069. The decision came in a state besieged by school library book removals after threats of legal action by the state attorney general and education commissioner. HB 1069, in effect as a law since May 2023, has enabled Florida parents to challenge K–12 public school library materials by filing objection forms. For more information, read the article.
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