<![CDATA[An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html]]>An unnamed school in the UK used to decide which books to ban from the library.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html

EDIT. I fixed a broken link. Thanks to @staringatclouds .

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/57b2a5ee-2521-4347-9a55-080dc26d5355/an-unnamed-school-in-the-uk-used-ai-to-decide-which-books-to-ban-from-the-library.https-www.standard.co.uk-news-uk-uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.htmlRSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 07:46:03 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2026 16:52:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:58:05 GMT]]>Update. Here's some detail on tools to help conservative schools ban books.
https://www.404media.co/blockade-the-right-is-using-ai-content-scanners-to-try-to-supercharge-book-banning/

One is BLOCKADE, which stands for “Blocking Lustful Overzealous Content, Keeping Away Depravity and Extremism."

"The program’s script includes a list of roughly 300 words, each assigned a severity score that contributes to an overall appropriateness score…The script explicitly defines 'educational inappropriateness' as 'content offensive to conservative values,' while also asking the AI 'not to include any additional text or explanation' for its decisions."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/petersuber/statuses/116330508168861118https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/petersuber/statuses/116330508168861118Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:58:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html on Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:58:01 GMT]]>@staringatclouds
Thanks. I just fixed it, with credit to you.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/petersuber/statuses/116301252637408707https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/petersuber/statuses/116301252637408707Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:58:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:14:55 GMT]]>@petersuber the link is broken, I think it might be this one

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George Orwell's 1984 purged from school library by AI 'Big Brother', campaigners say

The school library has purged nearly 200 books, using AI to deem titles like '1984' and ‘Twilight’ inappropriate

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The Standard (www.standard.co.uk)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116297544201648578https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116297544201648578Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:14:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An unnamed school in the UK used #AI to decide which books to ban from the library.https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uk-school-library-1984-ai-b1276535.html on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:04:50 GMT]]>a school outsourcing book selection to an algorithm is wild enough. outsourcing book banning to one is a completely different category — the system doesn't have values, it has patterns

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