Last year, the American Library Association documented the highest number of attempted book bans since it began compiling data on library censorship more than two decades ago.
These digital libraries help Texans access banned books — for free.
The collection has 174 books in multiple languages. Readers of any age can view the texts on a browser, send them to an e-reader or download them as a file.
Founded by the inventor of e-books, Project Gutenberg is the oldest digital library. Its banned books collection is based on author and book collector Anne Haight’s “Banned Books: Informal Notes on Some Books Banned for Various Reasons at Various Times and in Various Places.” While Haight’s book was published in 1978, some of the included titles are still being challenged in the U.S. today.
@gutenberg_org That's quite a list. I must have a good look for the racy bits in John Stuart Mill's " A SYSTEM OF LOGIC,
RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVE,
BEING A CONNECTED VIEW OF THE
PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE,
AND THE
METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION."
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Project Gutenberg, The Internet Archive, and others, show a positive side of humanity that stands out so starkly against the backdrop of dross we're now swimming about in.
@gutenberg_org I'm surprised not to see the #Bible on the list, considering there are still places where it's illegal to even be in possession of a copy.
@gutenberg_org What does it take to get the classification?
You can be executed for having a Bible in North Korea. (An American was arrested and held for five months just for leaving one in a restaurant).
You can be imprisoned and/or tortured for having a Persian Bible in Iran (the majority language).
Only foreigners can have Bibles in Saudi Arabia, but they can still be imprisoned for reading one in public.
If that doesn't count as "banned" what does??
In the great state of Utah, where separation of the state and religion is the width of State Street, the Bible was removed from school libraries in one county.
@gutenberg_org Removing or not including some titles from a library, a section of a library, or schools does not equate to "book bans" or censorship. Not all content belongs everywhere. Some of it distinctly belongs nowhere. Certainly some of it does not need to be disseminated using pubic funds.
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