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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?"

3 of 470 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Surprise. by liquiddark · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Because that's what people are worried about seeing removed.

  2. Typo by thefringthing · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Typo in summary: "there" should be "their".

  3. Re:Cry me a river by linhares · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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.

    Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, free ponies and free monies are only available to those that control The House, The Senate, and The Executive. Which means of course Goldman Sachs. Thank you for your interest.