American Library Association says book ban challenges in 2023 broke new record ...Middle East

A record number of books were challenged in school and public libraries in 2023, according to the American Library Association (ALA).  The ALA announced Thursday that 2023 saw 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship, up 65 percent from the previous record in 2022 of 2,571 unique titles.  “The reports from librarians and educators in the field make it clear that the organized campaigns to ban books aren’t over, and that we must all stand together to preserve our right to choose what we read,” said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.  Among the more than 4,000 books targeted for censorship, the ALA documented 1,247 demands to remove l

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