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- Can’t decide which books to ban? Leave it to ChatGPT https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/22/cant-decide-which-books-to-ban-leave-it-to-chatgpt 6 comments
- An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/ 40 comments
- An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/ 7 comments
- The US librarian who sued book ban harassers: ‘I decided to fight back’ | Autobiography and memoir https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/02/librarian-book-ban-interview 55 comments books
- It's banned books week and the Obama administration decided to destroy a soldier's memoir after being approved by the Army Reserve http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-kane/post_940_b_740198.html 5 comments books
- An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban. Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/an-iowa-school-district-is-using-chatgpt-to-decide-which-books-to-ban/ 364 comments technology
- Iran’s culture ministry has decided to ban the use of the word “wine” from any books published in the country. http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/iran-has-decided-to-ban-the-word-wine-in-bookstheres-just-one-slight-problem--z1ikhwrjhg 25 comments worldnews
- Bill O’Reilly Is Furious As His Own Titles Get Removed After Supporting Florida Book Bans. His books were reportedly among 1,600 titles pulled to adhere to Florida’s HB 1069 bill. O'Reilly threatened to find who decided to ban his books and "put their pictures on television." https://news.yahoo.com/bill-o-reilly-furious-own-181240858.html 26 comments economy
- Turkey bans 3 books on Kurds, court summons authors - Turkey has decided to ban the sale of three books written about Kurds on the grounds that they display “the character of a terrorist organization.” http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/12102017 42 comments books
- How Chicago Public School officials decided to pull Persepolis from the classroom -- "our schools are run by ass-covering bureaucrats who, when faced with controversial content, don't even show the slightest interest in reading a book they're gearing up to ban" http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/e-mails-show-cps-officials-pull-persepolis-classrooms/content?oid=16355626 7 comments politics