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REPUBLICAN BOOK BANS
Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and services. In those cases, 1,128 unique titles were challenged.
Republicans and the far-right in this country have a long history of government interference over personal liberties.
Look for the incidents of book banning in schools and public libraries to skyrocket!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #BookBans
https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data
Between January 1 and August 31, 2024, ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 414 attempts to censor library materials and services. In those cases, 1,128 unique titles were challenged.
Republicans and the far-right in this country have a long history of government interference over personal liberties.
Look for the incidents of book banning in schools and public libraries to skyrocket!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #BookBans
https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data
Book Ban Data
The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released new data documenting book challenges throughout the United States, finding that challenges were nearly double that of 2021, reaching the highest number of attempted…American Library Association
![There has never been a time when the people who've banned books were the good guys
[Obligatory cat illustration: of a cat sitting in a chair, reading a book, with a hot beverage in a cup on books on a side table.]](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/483/224/784/984/363/original/e423be03786e83bc.png "There has never been a time when the people who've banned books were the good guys
[Obligatory cat illustration: of a cat sitting in a chair, reading a book, with a hot beverage in a cup on books on a side table.]")
"#Florida school district removes dictionaries from #libraries, citing law championed by #DeSantis"
https://popular.info/p/florida-school-district-removes-dictionaries
PS: It turns out to be a myth that Victorians covered piano legs for the sake of modesty. But one day people will hear that Floridians removed dictionaries from school libraries for the sake of modesty, or prudery, or protecting the children, and wonder whether it's a myth. The truth will be out there, but not in Florida libraries.
#BookBans #Censorship
@academicchatter
https://popular.info/p/florida-school-district-removes-dictionaries
PS: It turns out to be a myth that Victorians covered piano legs for the sake of modesty. But one day people will hear that Floridians removed dictionaries from school libraries for the sake of modesty, or prudery, or protecting the children, and wonder whether it's a myth. The truth will be out there, but not in Florida libraries.
#BookBans #Censorship
@academicchatter
Florida school district removes dictionaries from libraries, citing law championed by DeSantis
The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle, has removed several dictionaries from its library shelves over concerns that making the dictionaries available to students would violate Florida law.Judd Legum (Popular Information)