School uses AI to remove 200 books, including Orwell's 1984 and Twilight

45 pointsposted 9 hours ago
by toofy

14 Comments

toofy

9 hours ago

the librarian was put under investigation when she refused to ban the books.

> An investigation into the librarian was soon launched and the library closed as a "temporary safeguarding measure".

of course 1984 is one of the books being banned.

ivell

7 hours ago

It seems 1984 is the manual that most governments are using to inspire themselves. Definitely not something that us plebs should have access to.

/s (for those few)..

agrishin

6 hours ago

I red 1984 and "Brave new world" roughly at the same time, and for quite some time I thought 1984 to be too unrealistic, and I considered bnw as more likely scenario. I was wrong.

zombar

3 hours ago

I remember having a similar feeling about 'A Handmaids Tale', a TV show I gave up watching because I would actually weep myself to sleep.

Coming soon no doubt. It's like they are determined to make dystopian nightmares a reality, almost as if they know the end is nigh or this particular iteration of civilization is drawing to a close and they are determined to squeeze the very soul out of the experience.

To what end? Distraction? Personal enrichment?

jleyank

8 hours ago

I’ve heard that various religious texts have strong, sensitive sometimes violent themes. Yet nobody bans them. Wonder why.

BobBagwill

6 hours ago

I wonder if Fahrenheit 451 was banned too? Or maybe it was kept as a how-to manual?

okokwhatever

9 hours ago

There is a reason why we need to safeguard the culture (old, recent & actual) for the future generations. This is a intergenerational responsibility that we need to tackle asap.

boznz

5 hours ago

The title drips with irony

zthrowaway

7 hours ago

UK doing UK things per usual.

toofy

5 hours ago

unfortunately, we have the problem in a few places in the US as well.

florida and texas in particular. [0]

last year florida has at least 2,300 instances of book bannings and texas had at least 1,700.

its wild to watch this all happen so quickly.

[0] https://pen.org/book-bans/book-ban-resources/ (if you scroll down to the map it shows how many instances of book bannings by state)

drweevil

6 hours ago

“Safeguarding”. How very, um, Orwellian.

matanakapo

9 hours ago

The onslaught is fully 'ON' and the slaught is fucking brutal.