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and anyone who deviates gets slapped or censored and wiped out. it s not just these heroes of liberty books or conservative thinkers. it is any religious group, parents groups. they suffer quietly with no media coverage almost every day from facebook and youtube and these other places who say you re under review. those reviews can take months. this is disturbing. the good news is, facebook lifted the ban said it was an error. notified congress which means they are worried that congress has their eye on them. they should. i don t think getting anti-trust legislation is coming any time soon. they are lobbyist are far too powerful for that. harris: what about what that author was saying? they didn t contact her. fine, call congress, you don t want to make them mad up don t
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Tue, 07, 21
Despite a 72 per cent literacy rate in Gilgit-Baltistan, many children in these towns don’t have access to good books. This week You! takes a look at the reading culture in the region…
Book lovers and readers often attribute their reading passion to parents who read them bedtime stories, teachers who affectionately added storytelling to their lessons, reading competitions at school and access to libraries and books in their growing years. However, we don’t realise that this is a huge privilege, as in cities like Gilgit and Hunza, many children in these towns don’t have access to the kind of books we did in our growing years. And so, in the absence of well stocked libraries and bookstores with wide collections, any development initiative to encourage children to read and build a love for learning, reading and storytelling in them, is a remarkable effort.