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Library book ban attempts are at an all-time high. These librarians are fighting back (www.pbs.org)
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[โ€“] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are any books in america being banned?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_censorship_in_the_United_States

[โ€“] CableMonster@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Censorship is different than banning. If you care about censorship happening inside public libraries, that always happens and its not a bad thing, we dont publicly provide every book to everyone.