PEN America 报告：全美一年近 1.2 万起校园禁书创纪录，得州 8,193 起居首，还用上 AI 荐删
言论自由组织 PEN America 本周发布报告：2025–26 学年全美公立学校共记录 11,982 起图书下架，为该组织 2021 年开始统计以来单年最高，累计已达约 34,000 起；涉及 7,370 种不同图书、114 个学区，两项均为纪录。
得克萨斯州以 8,193 起居首，首次登顶，终结佛罗里达州连续三年的第一（佛州 3,212 起）。PEN 认为，得州激增源于 2025 年生效的州法 SB 13，该法对学校图书馆馆藏作出广泛限制。报告还披露，一些学区使用生成式 AI 工具评估下架书目，AI 有时仅因「别的学区禁过」就建议下架，形成滚雪球效应。本年度被禁最多的图书是帕特里夏·麦考密克的小说《Sold》，被禁最多的作家是斯蒂芬·金（连续第二年）。（资料来源：PEN America 报告）
US School Book Bans Hit Record 11,982 as Texas Tops List with 8,193, PEN America Finds
US public schools recorded 11,982 book bans in the 2025–26 school year — the largest single-year total since PEN America began tracking in 2021, bringing the cumulative count to about 34,000 — according to a report the free-expression group released this week. The bans spanned 7,370 unique titles across 114 school districts, both records.
Texas led the nation with 8,193 bans, topping the list for the first time and ending Florida's three-year run at No. 1 (Florida recorded 3,212). PEN attributes the Texas surge to SB 13, a 2025 state law imposing broad restrictions on school library materials. The report also found that some districts used generative AI tools to evaluate books for removal, with AI sometimes recommending bans simply because other districts had banned the same titles — a snowball effect. The most-banned book of the year was Patricia McCormick's novel 'Sold'; the most-banned author was Stephen King, for the second consecutive year. (Source: PEN America)
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