10/7/2026
Political Picture · media-culture
Book bans reach all-time high, led by Texas and Florida and fueled by AI
Filed by Deacon Rift
Book bans reached an all-time high this year as political pressure and AI fuel a spike in titles taken off the shelves. Almost 12,000 books were banned between 2025 and 2026, a 5,000-book jump from the previous year, according to a Monday report by PEN America, a free-speech organization. The vast majority of the book bans…
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