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.”

  • r_a_trip
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    362 years ago

    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.

    • @fubo
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      122 years ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        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.

    • @[email protected]
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      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.

  • @[email protected]
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    282 years ago

    I’m not American and know nothing about this, but shouldn’t banning books be illegal cause of the freedom of speech amendment?

  • Ertebolle
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    -22 years ago

    Am I allowed to make a joke about France being bacon here or is that déclassé now?

      • LemmyLefty
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        162 years ago

        Uh, check their post history. You may not want to engage with them.

        • Pons_Aelius
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          142 years ago

          check their post history

          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.

      • @[email protected]
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        -162 years ago

        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

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          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.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          My OP starts with a comment about the Streisand Effect. If you don’t know what it is, you can look it up.