‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school
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The Streisand Effect is a wonderful thing.
"[T]hese bans target materials written by and about people of color or LGBTQ+ individuals, and even though a 2022 poll found that 70% of parents oppose them, they are continuing at a rapid rate.
"Now the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is trying to fight back. It recently launched the Banned Book Program, granting free nationwide access to books restricted in schools or libraries.
"It functions through GPS-based geo-targeting; by typing in your zip code, you are shown the complete list of titles prohibited in your area. Once you download the Palace e-reader app, these books are available to download."
We live in interesting times when the USA, the land of the free and home of the brave, has to turn to samizdat to circumvent censorship.
To be fair, samizdat overcame much greater obstacles than a school library not carrying particular titles because of the ideological idiocy of the school board. The Soviets were much more, ah, comprehensive when it came to banning books.
Almost like comparing library curation to actual censorship has always been a dishonest comparison.
It's not fucking censorship. Nobody is stopping people from reading these books. It's literally just preventing schools from providing them. That's it.
Believe me, if they could totally suppress them, they would. This is just what they think they can get away with right now.
I see no reason to believe you
May wanna get an optometrist appointment then.
Why? Because I don't see your delusions?
I'm not American and know nothing about this, but shouldn't banning books be illegal cause of the freedom of speech amendment?
yes it should be illegal
Yes. Now tell that to the republicans.
Fascists don't care about laws.
Pretty much, but republicans are stupid AF, so here we are.
They’re kids, so they have no rights
I'm being gifted a Little Free Library for my birthday, I'm looking forward to celebrating "Banned Book Week" October 1st through 7th.
https://shop.littlefreelibrary.org/products/this-library-shares-banned-books-sign?variant=43484083945621
Am I allowed to make a joke about France being bacon here or is that déclassé now?
Am I supposed to care? Everyone was already allowed to do all this anyway.
Yet you posted anyway. Odd.
Uh, check their post history. You may not want to engage with them.
Wow. It must be exhausting being so angry at so many thing all the time. I didn't see a single comment expressing a positive vibe.
Lmao I'm not angry. Maybe you're just confused that I don't just jerk off every leftist I see?
Sorry, was I talking to you?
If you want to talk about me without me responding, take it to a dm.
Naah, free speech and all that.
Got anything positive to say?
Of course he doesn't and never will.
I'm sure mr. lemmylefty doesn't want anyone engaging with people who dissent
You clearly thought it was newsworthy that people can access things they already had access to. I wanted to see why you thought it was important
Because it means people like you failed.
My OP starts with a comment about the Streisand Effect. If you don't know what it is, you can look it up.