President Donald Trump has fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the Republican president and his agenda.

President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

  • Archangel@lemm.ee
    861·
    18 hours ago

    Right. Because the librarian is such an obvious threat to his authority?

    • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      30·
      10 hours ago

      The Librarian of Congress also appoints and oversees the Register of Copyrights of the U.S. Copyright Office and has broad responsibilities around copyright, extending to electronic resources and fair use provisions outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The librarian determines whether particular works are subject to DMCA prohibitions regarding technological access protection.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian_of_Congress

      A puppet in charge of copyright and DMCA, combined with the Take it Down act, etc. are just steps on the path of ultimate censorship and government control of published content.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        9·
        9 hours ago

        Now that IS interesting TIL

        I guess the real question is, do they replace her with someone who’s going to go rabbid on DMCA, or they just going to fill the position with an idiot that neuters it.

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        15 hours ago

        That was back when airplane wings could handle a guy in an ape suit standing on them.