Internal docs subpoenaed by @JudiciaryGOP & @Weaponization indicate that @amazon bowed down to Biden White House pressure to censor BOOKS that expressed views the White House did not approve of

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[–]tomatopotato★ Free Assange ★ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So much easier to burn books in the media-as-a-service digital age, or at least soft-censor like the big tech companies do.

But fortunately also much easier to store them and other files one might care to. For anybody who hasn't done so yet, I recommend getting NAS storage for whatever you might want to pirate and/or preserve digitally. There's lots of fairly cheap off-the-shelf solutions these days. Or you can just re-purpose old PC hardware you may have laying around with free NAS software like OMV or TrueNAS (warning: some tinkering involved). As an added bonus, you can conveniently share files between your multiple devices, family members, friends (I assume most of us are using a smartphone + at least one other device these days?).

[–]penelopepnortneyBecome ungovernable[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How did the Biden White House conclude that there was “propaganda and misinformation” in books sold in Amazon’s bookstore?

The White House ran keyword searches for controversial topics, such as “vaccine,” and emailed Amazon when it didn’t like how the search results appeared.

Internal Amazon documents reveal Amazon’s “top talking points” going into the meeting. One of the key questions was whether the Biden White House wanted books banned or just buried deep in the search results.

Starting March 9—the same day as its meeting with the White House—Amazon enabled “Do Not Promote” for books that expressed the view that vaccines were not effective.

Amazon also considered other ways “to reduce the visibility” of certain books that the Biden White House disliked.

[–]unagisongsBurn down Reddit! 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If Americans could read let alone wanted to read they'd be very upset.

[–]3andfro 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

...or if government still found it desirable to teach citizens critical thinking....

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