“A book ban, to us, is any time a book that was previously available to a student is no longer available based on the content ...

The fight against book bans is entering a new phase, as the number of bans plummets but concerns grow that librarians and teachers, looking to stay out of the fray, are self-censoring.

The librarians say teachers are pulling books out of their classrooms out of fear that they’ll be targeted on social media.