Ebook vendors like Hoopla are offering titles with COVID-19 disinformation, conversion therapy, Holocaust denial, and more; librarians want more accountability
Claire Woodcock / VICE : Tweets: @eminencefont , @knowledge21org , @little_wow , @flexlibris , @ousfourita , @janusrose , and @techwontsaveus See also Mediagazer Tweets: @eminencefont : Twitter, I not only read the article first, but was interviewed for it. https://twitter.com/... @knowledge21org : This is yet another facet of the problem libraries face with eBooks, as sustainable collection development is becoming a thing of the past. #ebooksos https://www.vice.com/... Jennie Rose Halperin / @little_wow : Thanks to @VICE for covering this issue, which impacts public libraries around the country. https://twitter.com/... Alison Macrina / @flexlibris : read about our work to hold @hooplaDigital accountable for their platforming of hateful misinformation and disinformation https://twitter.com/... Wafa Ben-Hassine / @ousfourita : Yep... Definitely seen some of these: Ebook Services Are Bringing Unhinged Conspiracy Books into Public Libraries https://www.vice.com/... via @motherboard @janusrose : what happens when public libraries are underfunded? they wind up subscribing to Netflix-like ebook subscription services that include antisemitic and homophobic titles like “Can Homosexuality Be Healed” and “Debating The Holocaust” https://www.vice.com/... @techwontsaveus : Librarians are calling for transparency from Hoopla “after realizing its digital ebook collection contains countless low-quality titles promoting far-right conspiracy theories, COVID disinformation, LGBTQ+ conversion therapy, and Holocaust denial.” https://www.vice.com/... See also Mediagazer