In further proof that blanket censorship, no matter how ‘well-intentioned’, will always have chilling consequences for human expression, a Texas comic book store has voluntarily chosen to stop selling early Dragon Ball manga volumes for fear that its contents could net him massive criminal penalties under the state’s newly effective – and vaguely defined – SB20 censorship bill. Marketed by supporters as a legal tool for stopping the production of AI generated child abuse materials, Texas SB20 makes it a felony offense for an individual within the Lone Star state to “knowingly possess, access with intent to view, or promotes
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