Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi [LGBTQ+]

trashhalo@beehaw.org to Politics@beehaw.org – 104 points – Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi
bookriot.com

A new Mississippi law severely restricts access to digital library resources like Hoopla and Overdrive for those under 18. The law requires vendors to ensure all materials comply with a broad definition of obscenity that effectively bans any depiction of sexual reproduction or queerness. This has forced libraries to shut down digital access for minors or risk fines, locking out youth from educational resources. The law disproportionately impacts those from disadvantaged backgrounds who rely most on public libraries. Mississippi joins other states like Texas in passing legislation that places the burden of compliance on vendors, resulting in widespread loss of access to materials for students.

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When libraries were first being forced to take books off the shelves, libraries in the free states started giving ebook access to students living all across the country. Now the red states are going to cut off ebook access, too?

If people weren't ignorant there would be no red states.

I don't know that I agree.

The ignorance of 98% of our voting population is why our government is unproductive for all but the 1%. It's how you get Democrats who are effectively Republicans, why there always has to be a rotating Democratic villain in the Senate, and why all we've seen over the last 40 years is the slow, eventual impoverishment of the majority of American citizens. All most of them care about is team color, and if blue or red wins, they consider it a win for themselves, even if it has no material effect or a negative material effect on their lives.

they dont gotta burn the books they just ban them.

This won't backfire at all.

Well their goal is to have the most uneducated populace in the US so this is pretty on brand

Students going out of state for college are going to have to do a lot of remedial work to catch up with their classmates.

We can’t access “the hub” anymore here in Mississippi either. Gotta love living in a theocracy /s