Protection or Censorship: efforts to ban books in schools, libraries on the rise

Protection or Censorship: efforts to ban books in schools, libraries on the rise From the calls to pull problematic pages to the push against censorship, we have an in-depth look at the debate over banned books. Reporter: Kristin Crowley, Photojournalist: Becca Knier (InvestigateTV)

By Kristin Crowley, Shannon Weston and InvestigateTV Staff

(InvestigateTV) — Across the country, efforts to ban books at schools and public libraries have skyrocketed.

According to a report from the American Library Association, 2022 saw the most-ever book challenges it’s recorded, and in many cases, hundreds of books were challenged in a single complaint.

Reporter Kristin Crowley goes in-depth on the issue and the question of censorship versus protection.

Watch the full story in the video at the top of the page.

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Kristin Crowley

Kristin Crowley

National reporter for InvestigateTV+