'Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music was removed for: “Adult audience content – may include sexual material, violence, abuse, substance misuse, or psychologically distressing themes.” The SLG said none of this is true.

'In one of the documents seen by Index, the school admits that the categorisations of the books were written using AI, writing: “Although the categorisation was generated using AI, I consider this classification to be broadly accurate.”

'Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO of CILIP, told Index that he was deeply concerned about a few school leaders using these methods to work out what is acceptable or not, citing the sinister use of AI, “rather than relying on a trained professional whose entire career is about working out what are the right books for different children and making sure that they’re provided.”'

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I guess they got blowback! Let's keep up the pressure!

Via #CBC @ 2:35pm ET on Sept 2, 2025

The #Alberta government is hitting pause on its order for the removal of #books with #ExplicitSexualContent from #libraries.

The policy from Alberta's #education minister outlining new rules governing books in #SchoolLibraries was set to come into effect Oct. 1. The change is outlined in an email from the minister sent to #school boards on Tuesday.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-pauses-ban-on-school-library-books-with-sexual-content-1.7623252

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