Kate NyhanRE: https://mastodon.scot/@peterbrown/116268527752626534
One of the books this UK school banned? Terry Pratchett's #Discworld Buddy Holly tribute, Soul Music.
... and the school's official justification for banning _Soul Music_ was:
"Adult audience content – may include sexual material, violence, abuse, substance misuse, or psychologically distressing themes."
"Adult audience content – may include sexual material, violence, abuse, substance misuse, or psychologically distressing themes."
A school rep wrote:
"Although the categorisation was generated using AI, I consider this classification to be broadly accurate."
"Although the categorisation was generated using AI, I consider this classification to be broadly accurate."
Eric LawtonCorporations configuring machines to decide what humans can read.