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

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/librarian-gobsmacked-school-ai-remove-books-5HjdWsc_2/

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toofyMar 26, 2026, 8:25 PM
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.

ivellMar 26, 2026, 10:18 PM
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)..

agrishinMar 26, 2026, 11:17 PM
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.
zombarMar 27, 2026, 1:57 AM
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?

voakbasdaMar 27, 2026, 7:27 AM
Everyone wants their slice of the pie fore the music stops?
jleyankMar 26, 2026, 9:09 PM
I’ve heard that various religious texts have strong, sensitive sometimes violent themes. Yet nobody bans them. Wonder why.
okokwhateverMar 26, 2026, 8:32 PM
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.
BobBagwillMar 26, 2026, 11:21 PM
I wonder if Fahrenheit 451 was banned too? Or maybe it was kept as a how-to manual?
drweevilMar 26, 2026, 11:47 PM
“Safeguarding”. How very, um, Orwellian.
boznzMar 27, 2026, 12:15 AM
The title drips with irony
zthrowawayMar 26, 2026, 10:06 PM
UK doing UK things per usual.
toofyMar 27, 2026, 12:22 AM
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)

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