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Amazon Culls "Offensive" Books From Search System

Posted by timothy on from the streisand-effect dept.

Miracle Jones writes "Amazon has instituted an overnight policy that removes books that may be deemed offensive from their search system, despite the sales rank of the book and also irrespective of any complaints. Bloggers such as Ed Champion are calling for a 'link and book boycott,' asking people to remove links to Amazon from their web pages and stop buying books from them until the policy is reversed. Will this be bad business for Amazon, or will their new policies keep them out of trouble as they continue to grow and replace bookstores?"

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  1. Re:Surprise. by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 5, Funny

    actually from TFA that was the stuff amazon LEFT.

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  2. Re:Cry me a river by db32 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Uhm...do you have the contact information for the Ministry of Fairness, Niceness, and Free Ponies at Taxpayer Expense? I would like a free pony.

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  3. Re:Surprise. by radio4fan · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you really expect from Amazon.

    A patent application for one-click book-burning?