Claire Kirch, Publishers Weekly; Publishers Call Out Target for 'Censoring' Book Descriptions
"According to Ohio State University Press director Tony Sanfilippo,
Target’s move might be a well-meaning policy gone awry. “I understand
that they might want to avoid controversy. But if they want to keep
Nazis off their site, or Nazi-themed products out of their search
results, there are ways of doing that that don’t censor. If you can’t
say 'Nazi,' you can’t stop Nazis. And if you can’t search for books
about the trans community and trans issues, your search engine and your
corporate philosophy are morally flawed.""
Issues and developments related to ethics, information, and technologies, examined in the ethics and intellectual property graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in Summer 2025. Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Publishers Call Out Target for 'Censoring' Book Descriptions; Publishers Weekly, September 13, 2018
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