Well... it is nice to get some good news on this front but I can't shake that this is likely short lived given the federal government right now...

There is less and less any reason for them to try to hide their true intentions and can just be more open with their blatant racism, sexism, homophobia, etc etc.

Side note: was quite surprised to see a reference to Cloud Atlas. While not surprised given the entire point of that book, it makes me wonder how much these people are actually reading these books and what that looks like.

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duxup 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

The other route, rather than ban books is to threaten librarians with prosecution so they do the job for legislators, perhaps just out of fear:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/us/north-dakota-books-obs...

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antonymoose 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Well it’s not over yet, this will likely go through many rounds of back and forth appeals since it’s not clear what obligation Florida has to the public in policing content it purchases. It’s not as if they banned you from buying the books, after all.

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epistasis 3 days ago | parent [-]

Seems like they could rely on the librarian to make decisions, then if there's a problem have the administration deal with it, and escalate as normal...

Rather than big government via vague laws that allow random people to control everything in schools.

	▲	Starman_Jones 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		They could do that. That would be an effective way to protect children while also respecting the children's First Amendment rights. Instead, well... "Foreseeable consequences are intended consequences."