Censorship enforced in Texas universities goes beyond even the repression of the McCarthy era
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At Texas Tech University, an artificial intelligence system examines the program of the courses and reports the contents deemed contrary to the new directives of the Trump government. In the viewfinder end books on racial discrimination, homosexuality and even classical works: censored also Plato and Foucault. A story of how automated censorship works in the universities of the Republican State
Censorship enforced in Texas universities goes beyond even the repression of the McCarthy era
Adam Serwer writes: Sara Spurgeon, an English professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, has been teaching literature for 20 years. But preparing for the spring 2026 semester was the first time she was forced to submit her course materials through a portal to be evaluated by an artificial-intelligence program. It flags anything that might violate new rules laid out by the university chancellor, including a prohibition on the “advocacy/promot…
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