Jet Versus the American Library Association

A shopping site called Jet responded positively—within 9 minutes—of being informed about sexually inappropriate images in its advertisements in online children's games. Contrast this with the American Library Association, an organization that for over 50 years has worked day and night to facilitate child pornography and sexual harassment in American libraries.  I note the sharp contrast between an organization that acts responsibly to immediately act to limit exposure of children to inappropriate material as opposed to another that spends decades maximizing such exposure.

Here are my messages and Jet's responses:

Why are scantily clad women appearing in ads on kid 🧒 apps/games like 1010!, ad by Jet? See pics. @Jet @JetHeads @1010Game @CultureReframed @ncose @FightTheNewDrug @AntiPornography @x3church @Porn_Harms @activistmommy1 @micheleborba @parryaftab #parenting #games #MeToo #women pic.twitter.com/5igu2pYQQz

— Dan Kleinman (@SafeLibraries) March 13, 2018

Hey Dan, thank you for reporting this to us and bringing this to our attention. We will be looking further into this.

— Jet Heads (@JetHeads) March 13, 2018

Best response I could have gotten. Thank you!

— Dan Kleinman (@SafeLibraries) March 13, 2018

Thank you for taking the time to send this over to us. Our specialty team will be taking a closer look into this.

— Jet Heads (@JetHeads) March 13, 2018

Really terrific. Kids play this game. So happy 😀 you’ll look into the situation. So happy you are taking this seriously. Many people simply don’t care anymore. I wish other companies cared about child 🧒 👶🏾 Internet safety like yours does. #parenting

— Dan Kleinman (@SafeLibraries) March 14, 2018

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Book Burning Game: Max Damage 2

Think burning books is fun?  Well, if you don't want to be fired from NJ Transit for burning a Koran, you could always play Max Damage 2.  Level 29 is one of the levels where you get to burn books, and it's labelled "Book burning."  Here's a screen shot of that level, where the books to burn are in the lower left:

Max Damage 2 - Level 29 - "Book burning"

Of course if you were burning books in Cuba, that would be okay.  The American Library Association defends book burning in Cuba.

“Using the threat of the destruction of books to wage a war on ideas some may disagree with is offensive to the American Library Association,” said ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Director Barbara Jones.  “Book burning is the most insidious form of censorship, and such an action or threat should not be taken lightly."

That's nice.  If the ALA was serious, if would send another invitation to Robert Spencer to speak since the ALA censored him the first time, then burned him.  See "ALA is Duplicitous and Fraudulent, Censors Whomever It Wants, Suppresses Intellectual Freedom, and Joins the Jihad."  Also, see what the Annoyed Librarian said about the ALA at "Free Speech, Book Burning, and Other Stuff," and see what Will Manley said about the Annoyed Librarian at "WILL UNWOUND #229: Library Journal and the Use of the Racial Epithet ‘Cracker’ by Will Manley."

Apparently, the ALA's censoring Robert Spencer is not offensive to the ALA, neither is it an insidious form of censorship not to be taken lightly.  Do you see how the double standard works?

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