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Washington (AFP) - Publisher Penguin Random House and the writers' group PEN America filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Florida school district over the

Differences over what counts as indoctrination lie behind a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in Florida. PEN America’s CEO deems book removals ‘a deliberate attempt to suppress diverse voices’.

Penguin Random House, authors, parents and a free speech group have filed a lawsuit against a school district for removing LGBTQ books.

A free speech organization, the largest publisher in the nation, parents and authors are trying to block book bans in a Florida Panhandle county.

The district is accused of pulling books from shelves that were flagged by a Moms for Liberty activist.

Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images(TALLHASSEE, Fla.) -- PEN America, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting free expression, and Penguin Random House, one of the countrys largest book publishers, filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting a Florida school district for removing certain books from the shelves of public school libraries. Authors and parents of children affected by the book bans in the Escambia County School District have also joined the federal lawsuit, which is asking for books to ...

PEN America's lawsuit includes Penguin Random House, authors, and parents in its plaintiffs in a court filing made in Florida.

The suit against the Escambia County School District and the school board argues book removals are unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment.

The book removals are unconstitutional and a violation of the First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech, according to the suit against the Escambia County School District and the school board.