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ALA finds book challenges are slowing in 2024
Sep 23 2024
Is this a sign of progress? With Banned Books Week 2024 underway, the American Library Association released its preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, and academic libraries, finding that the number of tracked challenges fell significantly for the first eight months of 2024.
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