[hezag]

  > If the book is available in the district libraries, that means it was approved by a media specialist and can be made available to students again. But any book not currently held in the district libraries must be individually evaluated and approved by a librarian. 

So... It's an allowlist and not a denylist. Even worse.

[netsharc]

I remember reading a description of denylists (everything is allowed except for...) as "American style" and allowlists (only these things are allowed) as "Soviet style".

[yencabulator]

That's pretty fitting, considering how much of the Russian playbook US republicans are using...

[nickpeterson]

This is such a great hacker news observation about this ;)