A library in New Zealand has installed a device to ensure peace and quiet amongst visitors. Following complaints of young people being noisy, the Papanui Library, located in the South Island city of Christchurch, launched a device that emits a high-frequency buzz heard only by people under the age of 25. The device is hoped to deter youths from loitering outside and intimidating other library visitors, but, has also received some criticism. Thomas Beagle, the head of the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties, stated, “Libraries should be places where children and teenagers are welcome, not excluded by deliberately making them uncomfortable.” Regardless, Carolyn Robertson, head of libraries at the Christchurch City Council, said, “Recent customer feedback said the device has helped to manage the behaviour and customers feel safer…
