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'State-driven censorship': new wave of book bans hits Florida school districts
(Guardian UK) A new wave of book bans has hit Florida school districts, with hundreds of titles being pulled from library and classroom shelves as the school year kicks off.
The Republican-dominated state, which has already had the highest rate of book bans nationwide this year, is continuing to censor reading materials in schools, bowing to external pressures in an effort to avoid conflict and government retaliation.
“This is an ideological campaign to erase LGBTQ+ lives and any honest discussion of sex, stripping libraries of resources and stories,” William Johnson, the director of PEN America’s Florida office, told the Guardian.
“If censorship keeps spreading, silence won’t save us. Floridians must speak out now.”
Book bans have been rising at a rapid rate across the US since 2021, but this latest wave comes after increased pressure from the state board of education in Florida. .............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/florida-new-book-bans
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