📚 While some schools in the US state of Florida have removed books, Broward County officials say a viral TikTok video shows one library 'updating/refreshing' its inventory
A Florida educator claimed in a widely shared TikTok video that the US state seized banned books from her school library. This is false; Broward County and state officials say the titles shown in the clip were removed because they were outdated"A Florida public school staff member, risking her job, documented a glimpse of what’s currently happening at her school," says a May 22, 2023sharing the TikTok video.
The clip shows large boxes of books lining a hallway. Allison Ronis, an information technology specialist at McNicol Middle School in Hollywood, Florida, claims the titles were removed because state officials banned"The state just came last week and decided what books were appropriate or inappropriate," she says in the video.
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