So @amazon announcing that it will no longer sell books with "material we deem inappropriate or offensive" makes me wonder if they'll start with The Bible, The Koran, or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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The really chilling thing is that they also disappear all the used copies from Abebooks, which they now own. So they're not just choosing not to sell the book. They're also preventing thousands of individual used booksellers from doing so.
I wonder if they tell the used booksellers when they do this. I bet they don't. I bet they just quietly flip a bit in the database, and the book stops showing up in search results.
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Yes, that's pretty much what they do. Suddenly the detail page is gone. Or worse, the detail page is gone and they hit you with a "policy violation" with no warning.
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Three "policy violations" and your account is under review. You have to submit a plan detailing how you will avoid any future violations. Difficult to do when they don't give warnings. For example, they suddenly made the word "redskin" a policy violation several months ago.
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Truth be known... when it comes to "flipping bits"
@amazon is the least of our problems. Luckily we've got First Amendment juggernauts that understand "democracy dies in darkness."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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You can still get Mein Kampf delivered via Prime for $22.49. How do they deem what’s offensive for educational purposes vs what should be banned?
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