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‘Careless People’ Is the Book About Facebook I’ve Wanted for a Decade, but it is Banned

“Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Williams, is the book about Facebook that I didn’t know I had been waiting a decade to read. It’s also, notably, a book that Facebook does not want you to read; Wynn-Williams is currently under a gag order from a thir ...continues

See gadgeteer.co.za/careless-peopl

Cover of the memoir "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams, featuring a blue background with a shark fin illustration, highlighting themes of power and greed.
GadgeteerZA · 'Careless People' Is the Book About Facebook I've Wanted for a Decade, but it is Banned“Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Williams, is the book about Facebook that I didn’t know I had been waiting a decade to read. It’s also, notably, a book that

Just learned that my book, Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books was one of the 381 books removed from the Naval Academy Library today. For full book list, see the pdf embedded in this story (gift link). #Censorship #Banned #TrumpFascism
nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/poli

The Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md.
The New York Times · These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy LibraryBy John Ismay

Well this takes the cake. A #KennedyCenter email full of all the #banned words... suddenly repurposed to mean white fascists.... from Richard Grenell

....“As President, I take diversity and inclusion very seriously...I have met with many of you, and I love that we are Christian, Muslim, Jewish, agnostic, gay, straight, black, white, Hispanic and absolutely different.”

“Intolerance towards people who are politically different is just as unacceptable as intolerance in other areas,” he added.”

#Censorship #banned #trump #manosphere #patriarchy

From banned books to banned words, Trump's no-no's include: "biased," "climate science," "women," "socioeconomic," "underprivileged," and "inequality."

“Men” is not on the taboo list, in deference to the political ascendency of the Manosphere, of course. New Republic
newrepublic.com/article/192631

The New Republic · The 199 Things You Can’t Say in the Trump AdministrationIt’s no surprise that the president deleted “climate change” from government websites. But why forbid “advocate” and “institutional”?
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"You can't say that in a paper."

Banned Words:

inequalities
inequality
inequitable
inequities
institutional
Igbt
marginalize
marginalized
minorities
minority
multicultural
polarization
political
prejudice
privileges
promoting diversity
race and ethnicity
racial
racial diversity
racial inequality
racial justice
racially
racism
sense of belonging
sexual preferences
social justice
sociocultural
socioeconomic
status
stereotypes
systemic
trauma
under appreciated
under represented
under served
underrepresentation
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victim
women
women and underrepresented

‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school via The Guardian [Shared]

At home, the book helped Saffy feel comfortable and confident with gender expression.
But at school, Gender Queer was banned.

For the past two years, book banning has been on the rise in schools and libraries across the US, mainly due to far-right pressure. The bans are pushed either by local actors, like anxious parents and parent-led groups or by politicians through broader state-level laws. A recent PEN America study found that the bans were most prevalent this year in Florida, Texas, Utah, Missouri and South Carolina.

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a

thepalaceproject.org/banned-bo

welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/06

#books#ban#banned

I got #banned on the so called "Swedish anti rasist" page #Panikfakta after complaining that the majority of their posts are either about #Putin, #Trump or praising #Zelensky, who (just like swedish PM) is surrounded by extreme right and #nazi characters and they have turned him into a saint because he is fighting the lunatic Putin. and nit about Sweden or racism among center and liberals in nordic countries.

I also received many personal attacks and extremely racist comments when I pointed out that all the images they had put on their page about extreme right in Europe were also supporters and friends of #Netanyahu.

I didn't receive a warning or explanation but the combination of those 2 comments was too much for the pro-NATO pro-Biden and swedish PEFPs.

One less reason for me to keep my account on FB.