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I think it's fair to say that the majority of the battles around Freedom of Expression are taking place in schools these days. 

“The Diary of Anne Frank” is one of my favourite books of all-time and a book I probably first read when I was 12 or 13.  So in a world where all kinds of censorship is happening in schools, this story where a newer, expanded version of the autobiography with more sexually explicit material that wasn't in the original release is pulled from the classroom after a single complaint and without following the school's only policies,  really irked me.  The decision to keep the book in the school library does little to correct the injustice of pulling it from the classroom that's happened here. 

“Culpeper's policy on “public complaints about learning resources” calls
for complaints to be submitted in writing and for a review committee to
research the materials and deliberate, Allen said. In this case, the
policy was not followed. Allen said the parent registered the complaint
orally, no review committee was created and a decision was made quickly
by at least one school administrator. He said he is uncertain about the
details because he was out of town.”

(via HuffPo)