The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they
live.
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/brooklyn-public-library-94
#library #gop #censorship

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@notsle

While this is a nice move bolstering general education, how do they register? Do they have to provide identification?

Let's remember that the #Feds already used #Meta's data for picture ID search over a million times. During the #Inquisition, possessing heathen and otherwise banned books could cost you dearly. Who knows, what the future holds, and a teen certainly does not want to go "on record" with a book banned in his/her...

@HistoPol @notsle instead of being a keyboard warrior - you could have gone to the website to attempt to sign up as a teenager …. πŸ™„

@blackcatranch @notsle

I might even do this...with the necessary precautions.