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petersuberUpdate. "Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws" <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/mississippi-libraries-ordered-to-delete-academic-research-in-response-to-state-laws/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/mississippi-libraries-ordered-to-delete-academic-research-in-response-to-state-laws/</a>"A state commission scrubbed academic research from a database used by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mississippi</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> and public <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schools</a> — a move made to comply with recent state laws changing what content can be offered in libraries. The Mississippi Library Commission ordered the deletion of two research collections that might violate state law…One of the now deleted research collections focused on “race relations” and the other on “gender studies.”<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Open Book PublishersWe're reflecting on our role as an <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> publisher at a time of increasing <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#censorship</a> of academic research. One thing we've done is to sign the Declaration to <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a>.Individuals and organisations can sign ✍️ and more than 4000 already have. Find out more: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cC6Vu_CAtgxSck8S9be_hmzSu-w2DsaJ02Nw5oeayAg/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rql1mc7zmpnf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cC6Vu_CAtgxSck8S9be_hmzSu-w2DsaJ02Nw5oeayAg/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.rql1mc7zmpnf</a>

petersuberUpdate. "Marks Says He Was Forced Out of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FDA</a> for Trying to Protect <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vaccine</a> Safety <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Data</a>" <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/114998" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/114998</a>"Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation's top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HHS</a> Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s team unrestricted access to a tightly held vaccine safety database, fearing that the information might be manipulated or even deleted." <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicine</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Preservation</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

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