{
  "id": 12606393,
  "title": "Book bans reach all-time high, led by Texas and Florida and fueled by AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/book-bans-reach-all-time-high-led-by-texas-and-florida-and-fueled-by",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6132240-texas-florida-book-bans-ai-pen-america/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}