AI is "speeding up censorship": Schools banned more books than ever this year

2 days ago by transscribe7891 to c/books

PEN America recorded nearly 12,000 book bans across 114 school districts.

Libb 14 points 2 days ago

Hence the utmost and urgent necessity for families to have their own libraries, a family and a personal one or one shared among families, just making it out of reach from schools.

At least for the time being, we're still allowed to purchase whatever 'banned' books by any school.

Edit: and make it a print library, actual books not ebooks: as no AI can remotely edit or delete a printed book.

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waltersf 7 points 2 days ago

Nah, we need to open more vandal-resistant public libraries. Kids that go to public schools are the firsts to need public accessible knowledge because guardians cannot afford a personal collection. We need to also resist by making more copies abundant. Get everyone of these books reprinted, remirrored, torrented, etc.. Knowledge is lost when we do not copy.

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frostypanda 6 points 2 days ago

This. It's the poor kids who this targets the most in the first place. Equal access to uncensored media is absolutely essential for any society that isn't a fascist paradise.

It's not just libraries either. People need to reject censorship across the board. Why the hell is George Carlin's 'Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television' still relevant to this day?

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