The first call for censorship, after the invention of the printing press, and specifically because of the printing press, was from scholars upset that their aut

The first call for censorship, after the invention of the printing press, and specifically because of the printing press, was from scholars upset that their authority was being challenged by this new technology, which allowed anyone to distribute information. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renaissance-quarterly/article/abs/first-call-for-press-censorship-niccolo-perotti-giovanni-andrea-bussi-antonio-moreto-and-the-editing-of-plinys-natural-history/674942D2495BAB08C1453BB77462603C https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renaissance-quarterl... I remembered this because I cited this essay in an undergraduate history paper I wrote. The author was my professor — which didn't hurt ;-)