Sarah Dal1d ago

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books

https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/school-book-banning-escalates-in-the-uk-as-greater-manchester-secondary-school-censors-scores-of-books/

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

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Show threadSteven Reed1d ago
@sarahdalgulls Jesus Christ :(
Show threadSarah Dal
@srtcd424 over on Bsky there's a few people suggesting that the list was generated by asking AI for unsuitable books (I mean, Soul Music by Terry Pratchett??)
https://bsky.app/profile/nikwilliams.bsky.social/post/3mhittxdbyk22/quotes
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Show threadPeter Goulborn1d ago

@sarahdalgulls @srtcd424 Yeah:

'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."'

WTAF?

Show threadVirginicus1d ago
@phronetic @sarahdalgulls @srtcd424 “Adult content” must mean the book is full of jokes that nobody under 60 will get.