Chelsea Green Publishing controversies
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2021
Chelsea Green sues Senator Elizabeth Warren over alleged suppression of a book
Lawsuit filed
Chelsea Green filed a federal civil lawsuit claiming that Senator Elizabeth Warren stifled free speech when she urged Amazon to curb the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and cited a Chelsea Green book. The lawsuit sought a declaration that Warren's actions were unconstitutional, a retraction, and damages; the article says the plaintiffs had no proof that Warren's letter prompted Amazon to limit the book's visibility.
Source excerpt
The suit acknowledges that the plaintiffs have no proof that Warren’s letter prompted Amazon to limit the visibility of The Truth About Covid-19
Vermont publisher Chelsea Green has filed a federal civil lawsuit claiming that U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stifled free speech when she called on Amazon to curb the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and cited one of Chelsea Green’s books as a source of “dangerous conspiracies.”
Chelsea Green, along with the book’s authors, sued Warren in U.S. District Court in Seattle this week.