Mason City Iowa's school district is scrambling to ensure its library collection is ideologically pure enough for the state's new content restrictions ahead of the new school year and has turned to AI for help..

Mason City Iowa’s school district is scrambling to ensure its library collection is ideologically pure enough for the state’s new content restrictions ahead of the new school year and has turned to AI for help…

  • @floofloofEnglish
    2•9 months ago

    So far, the AI has flagged 19 books for removal. They are as follows:

    Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

    Sold by Patricia McCormick

    A Court of Mist and Fury (series) by Sarah J. Maas

    Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

    Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

    Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

    The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

    Beloved by Toni Morrison

    Looking for Alaska by John Green

    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

    Crank by Ellen Hopkins

    Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

    An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

    The Color Purple by Alice Walker

    Feed by M.T. Anderson

    Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger

    Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

    Looks like the Republicans are already getting the politically suppressive effect they’re looking for with these fascist laws.