Literature

5416 readers

2 users here now

Pretty straightforward: books and literature of all stripes can be discussed here.

If you're interested in posting your own writing, formal or informal, check out the Writing community!

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Kamirose@beehaw.org

alyaza@beehaw.org

remington@beehaw.org

New app helps US teens read banned books (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by EntropicalVacation@midwest.social to c/literature@beehaw.org

1 comments fedilink hide all child comments

“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.”

top 1 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] brambledog@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

If we let conservatives ban 1984, they will be forced to stop pretending they have read it, and comparing everything irrelevant to it, while we can still illegally access it.

Something to think.about.