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What the reports do not quantify is the collateral damage of book bans, or so-called soft censorship, when a title is excluded, removed or limited before it is explicitly banned, out of fear of ...
The group also highlighted instances of "soft censorship," where books are purchased but are hidden or placed in restricted areas in fear of potential challenges. In some instances, the ALA said ...
LGBTQ-inclusive books remained top targets of bans and “soft censorship” throughout 2024, but titles that centered queer characters and explored topics related to sexual orientation and gender ...
Chilean soldiers burn books considered politically subversive in 1973, under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Book censorship is the act of some authority taking measures to suppress ideas and information within a book. Censorship is "the regulation of free speech and other forms of entrenched authority". [1]
Book censorship is the removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational material on the grounds that it is objectionable according to the standards applied by the censor. [1] The first instance of book censorship in what is now known as the United States, took place in 1637 in modern-day Quincy, Massachusetts.
Publishers, authors fight against book censorship. Book banning has united some of the largest publishing houses in the U.S. In August, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, ...
Hundreds of books have been challenged, including high-profile examples like Maus by Art Spiegelman and New Kid by Jerry Craft. The American Library Association documented 1,269 demands of book censorship in 2022. It was the highest the organization had ever recorded since it began collecting censorship data more than 20 years prior.
The office also documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship in 2023. According to the data, titles representing the “voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC ...