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2023-05-27 06:32:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 02002AD5A615181F48D4D1C4AD6DFA4DD8619C012F6D659F3F792EC31364E2CE
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The claim is factually correct. “Florida has the second highest number of school-related book bans in the country…There are 566 book bans within 21 Florida school districts” https://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2022/09/26/school-book-bans-florida-2nd-highest-nation-pen-america-report-banned/10428021002/ https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/education/2022-09-20/florida-ranks-second-among-states-with-the-most-book-bans-report-finds https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/ Describing a ban in PC terms doesn’t stop it from being a ban- https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/986/book-banning
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