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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The TikTok ban is censorship and should not be celebrated

The TikTok ban is censorship and should not be celebrated

Austin Collier, Reporter May 13, 2024

It has been blamed for an entire generation losing its attention span. It has been accused of having addictive qualities. It is notorious for producing broad disinformation campaigns and sending users...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

The dangers of social media censorship

Peyton Keyes, Reporter December 14, 2023

Social media is an essential forum for ensuring a connection between people all over the world, holding government officials accountable and protecting our freedoms of democracy. On Oct. 31, 2023, two...

Books rest on shelves on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at the William T. Young Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Kentucky Kernel

Banning books serves no good

Kristen Roberts, Reporter October 20, 2022

Books deemed controversial or offensive are being banned and challenged in schools all across the country; approximately 1,600 book titles have been banned in the U.S. within the last year, according to...

Celebrating Banned Books Week: Why I read banned books

Celebrating Banned Books Week: Why I read banned books

September 24, 2018

Sunday kickstarted Banned Books Week 2018 and marks the perfect time for a discussion on another freedom we have in this country: the freedom to read and write whatever we want, which is part of our right...

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