Someone writes \”Increasingly, the government is demanding that bookstores reveal what books their customers have purchased. Bookstore owners and privacy advocates say that\’s scarier than a Stephen King novel.
From the article:
\”If we allow law enforcement access to customer records whenever they think it\’s convenient, customers won\’t feel secure purchasing books and magazines that are their constitutional right to buy,\” said Chris Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. \”It\’s important because many books are very private, or about sensitive issues, and if they feel booksellers turn over buying information at regular intervals, customers won\’t buy those books.\” By extension, this could have a chilling effect on the types of books that end up being published.
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