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Banned in 2022 by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) from public libraries and schools for being "anti-government". [205] Teatro Political Dos: Malou Jacob: Banned in 2022 by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF) from public libraries and schools for being "anti-government". The works are previously published under the ...
An American Library Association survey of voters and public school parents found that 71% oppose removing books from public libraries, including a majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents.
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
Nearly three-quarters (74%) thought book bans actually infringe on parents' rights to make decisions about their children's reading, and 92% said they feel their children are safe at a public library.
As soon as a challenged book is banned, it will promptly be removed from places like school libraries, bookstore shelves, reading lists, and curricula—making it more difficult for a specific ...
Banned Books Week is the product of a national alliance between organizations who strive to bring awareness to banned books. [123] Founded by first amendment and library activist Judy Krug and the Association of American Publishers in 1982, the event aims to bring banned books "to the attention of the American public".
Books Unbanned is a United States library program that issues library cards nationwide from regional libraries in order to give electronic access to the library's digital and audio collections to teens and young adults living in U.S. locations where books are being challenged.
The American Library Association reports that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 of this year, schools, universities and public libraries saw attempts to ban or restrict 1,651 different books.