Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is pausing funding to the digital library catalog company Overdrive until it can prove that it has as safeguards barring children from accessing inappropriate content.
The action comes after a Missouri Senate committee heard a bill last week seeking regulation of digital library catalogs, alleging Overdrive-run app Sora allows minors to access explicit sexual material.
Rachael Dunn, spokeswoman for the secretary of state, said the move was in direct response to the bill and “agency investigations involving digital library catalogs.”
Overdrive and its other apps like Sora and Libby allow library patrons to check out digital copies of books and audiobooks online.
The Secretary of State’s Office, which runs the state library, helps fund access to Overdrive and its applications for a network of schools and libraries called the Missouri Research and Education Network, or MOREnet.
The office’s $3.1 million appropriation to MOREnet, of which $30,000 is directed to Overdrive, funds access to databases and discounts for services like Overdrive.
“Our priority is protecting Missouri’s children while holding taxpayer-funded vendors accountable,” Hoskins said in a press release. “We expect Overdrive to clarify its policies and demonstrate how it is ensuring appropriate access to content.”
Overdrive did not respond to a request for comment.
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Oh.my.God. Where is the study that he is referring to...oh, there isn't one? I'm shocked. Also, I want him to make zero decisions for my family.
I’m kinda slow, so I may be missing it. I don’t see any reference by the Secretary of State about a study here. What are you even talking about? From what I see, he is pausing - not “withdrawing” funds. That word in the headline is just to get you to click on the article. The state already requires libraries and school boards to have a policy to manage minors’ access to inappropriate material on public computers, and the bill referenced here just extends that requirement to digital library services. The pause is just until that company can show that it can prevent minors’ access to inappropriate material on its system. Not book banning. Not any real news here. The summary is here:
https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=441
Slowly we step, step by step, into a nazi inspired society. This attempt at censorship is further evidence of the decay of democracy.
Will the filtering of inappropriate content include instances of extreme violence and explicit sexual references from the Bible?
Laws, Rules, and Regulations Change - How many of you Einsteins - have even been to Public Library in the Last Decade - 2-Decades - NEVER - or Even a Book Store - That is what I thought - - You have Clear Access to the Internet - You can Lookup Read - Research anything and everything - So Please - STOP THE CHICKEN LITTLE SYNDRONE - "The Sky is Falling - The Sky is Falling" - All you Leftist Liberal Democrats - Stop Calling Everyone Nazi's - That is Racist - and just send your money to pay off your Exulted Leader, Kamala Harris's $20-Million Campaign, Oprah, and Ice Cream Social Debts. So she can pay her Workers and Vendors - Which she STIFFED. Which now the Democratic National Committee is requesting an Audit of her Campaign Spending of over $1.5 Billion Dollars in 107-Days - WOW!!!
The Copy Pasta warrior strikes again!
It's amazing how many disconnected facts and right wing memes can be crammed into two sentences.
Well, two sentences don't really mean much if you don't care about CaPiTAlIZatIOn and punctuation and the hinges need to be hooked back up!.
8:18 is clearly confused and lost, because that has nothing to do with the topic at hand.
If someone is travelling through life disturbed by all the faux nooze they have been fed then it's easy to see why they feel compelled to share their delusions and rage every chance they get.
If only people would listen to them THEN THEY COULD QUIT SHOUTING ALL THE TIME AND MOVE ON TO THE REAL PROBLEMS THEY HAVE !!!!!!
Personally, I feel the catastrophic fiscal decisions the orange peel is currently making, is more of an immediate concern for all of us. Why is this fool trying to destroy the economies of the world?
Everything will be grand.
End Social Security, Medicare and also the FDIC.
Use the money to buy an Orange Swasticar or a Wankpanzer for everyone!
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