DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> board defunds local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> after complaints over ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inappropriate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inappropriate</span></a>’ books</p><p>By KIM CHANDLER<br>Updated 11:44 PM EDT, March 21, 2025</p><p>Excerpt:<br>"'I think that the GOP chair on the State Library Board is forcing the removal of books just because of anti-library extremists. I think that’s ignoring the voices of Fairhope taxpayers and library users,' said Amber Frey of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReadFreely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReadFreely</span></a> Alabama, an organization that has opposed the restrictions.</p><p>"The action against the Fairhope Library is the first taken under a new Alabama law and 2024 administrative code changes that say to receive state funding, local libraries must have policies to safeguard youth from 'sexually explicit or other material deemed inappropriate for children or youth.'" </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/library-content-battles-alabama-funding-571d58e060fbe0b25b2317a0bf99c467" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/library-con</span><span class="invisible">tent-battles-alabama-funding-571d58e060fbe0b25b2317a0bf99c467</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BannedBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BannedBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibraryNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryNews</span></a></p>