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Since 2001, the American Library Association has posted the top ten most frequently challenged books per year on their website. [4] Using the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century, ALA has also noted banned and challenged classics. [5] The ALA does not claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges.
The 15 most banned books in America this school year. Patrick J. Kiger. ... who had four books on the ALA’'s list of the top 100 banned or challenged books between 2010 and 2019. (21 bans)
Year published Year Banned Year Unbanned Type Notes The Decameron: Giovanni Boccaccio: 1353 1927 1936 Story collection Banned in Australia from 1927 to 1936 and from 1938 to 1973. [4] 1938 1973 The 120 Days of Sodom (1789) Marquis de Sade: 1789 1957 *Unknown* Novel Banned by the Australian Government in 1957 for obscenity. [5] Droll Stories ...
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.
Based on a survey by PEN, about 10,000 books were banned from US schools by Republican-led censorship laws in the 2023/2024 academic year. This was nearly triple the amount of the previous academic year, [ 8 ] which had also seen a record level of bans.
PEN America, a nonprofit that advocates for freedom of expression, counted 3,362 instances of book titles being banned in schools in the 2022-23 school year, including 43 in Wisconsin, amid a ...
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In 2020 and 2023, the United States Government tried to ban social media app TikTok. The DATA Act would have banned the selling of non-public personal data to third party buyers. [75] The RESTRICT Act would allow the United States Secretary of State to review any attempt of a tech company to "sabotage" the United States.