After backlash, an educational services company paused a rollout that would prevent kids from borrowing books under certain tags like (hypothetically) "LGBT."
Following a week of harsh criticism, Follett School Solutions has scrapped any plans for a potential parental control module for its Destiny Library Manager software, which would have apprised parents of their child’s book selections and enable parents to limit student access to materials they deemed inappropriate.
Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. Conservative groups in particular, fueled by social media, are now pushing the challenges into statehouses, law enforcement and political races.