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2026-10-07 18:03
Led by Florida and Texas, US Book Bans Surge to Record 12,000
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PEN America released a report on Monday documenting nearly 12,000 book bans involving more than 7,300 individual titles in US schools during the 2025-2026 school year, which the organization said were the largest censorship case numbers it had ever recorded.
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Book bans reached an all-time high this year as political pressure and AI fuel a spike in titles taken off the shelves. Almost 12,000 books were banned between 2025 and 2026, a 5,000-book jump from the previous year, according to a Monday report by PEN America, a free-speech organization.
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Book bans reach all-time high, led by Texas and Florida and fueled by AI
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Led by Florida and Texas, US Book Bans Surge to Record 12,000
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School book bans hit record high with nearly 12,000 removals, study finds
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