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That Book Is Dangerous! : How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing - Adam Szetela Publication Date:09/06/2026 we must understand the factsAn alarming expose of the new challenges to literary freedom in the age of social media when anyone with an identity and an internet connection can be a censor. In That Book Is Dangerous!, Adam Szetela investigates how well intentioned and often successful efforts to diversify American literature have also produced serious problems for literary freedom. Although progressives are correct to be focused on right wing attempts at legislative censorship,