Extract from Commons debate on Holocaust Memorial Day 2021: Amazon - Jan 28
Friday, 29 January 2021 08:33
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con) [V]:...We hear a lot about
Facebook, and a lot about Twitter and TikTok, but one platform we
have heard less about is Amazon, a company that many of us would
herald for helping get us through these past few months—it has many
strings to its bow—but, sadly, one that has taken a very long time
to remove antisemitic content. Only recently, 92 books were removed
from its platform because of holocaust denial material. At the end
of last year, my co-chair...Request free
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(Brigg and Goole)
(Con) [V]:...We hear a lot about Facebook, and a lot about
Twitter and TikTok, but one platform we have heard less about is
Amazon, a company that many of us would herald for
helping get us through these past few months—it has many strings to
its bow—but, sadly, one that has taken a very long time to remove
antisemitic content. Only recently, 92 books were removed from its
platform because of holocaust denial material. At the end of last
year, my co-chair and I had to write to Amazon
about antisemitic responses that came in the form of
Alexa—quite appalling responses—and we have had to
write to it again regarding the content it has on its site from the
notorious conspiracy theorist and antisemite David Icke, which
although provided by a third party, is accessed via
Amazon...
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