Publishers fight back against US book bans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : That number began surging the following year, and reached over 9,000 in 2023, said the NGO, whose office for intellectual freedom has been tracking challenges since 1990.
51% : Legislatures in some states have passed laws seeking to restrict access to certain titles, elected politicians have issued lists of books containing "explicit" material and some school districts have issued "do not buy" lists, targeting particular works, according to the group. - Book-bans in Florida - PEN said the highest number of instances of access to school books being restricted last year was documented in Florida, where Republican governor Ron DeSantis has pushed conservative education policies that have also included banning classroom discussion of sexuality and gender identity.
35% : Spearheaded by right-wing conservative groups, there has been an explosion in efforts to get books that are viewed as overly progressive banned in US schools and public libraries in recent years.
28% : "It is getting worse globally," US author Lawrence Schimel, whose books featuring children with same-sex parents have run into problems in Russia and Hungary in recent years, told AFP.

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