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Dark ModeCONNECTSign up for our NB Daily newsletter to receive the latest news.Text to SpeechFont SizeAmazon sells many different books that preach a hateful ideology, including ones by , and . But it banned one by an author criticizing the transgender ideology., Ph.D., discovered that his book, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment, had been removed from Amazon on Feb. 21. “No notification to me. I found out when someone trying to buy it noted it was gone,” he when someone asked why the book had been pulled. Another Twitter user that while Anderson’s book was unavailable, a different one with a similar title was available. is marketed as the answer to Anderson’s book. “Buy the other Harry/Sally book, and then read this one to understand the realities of the issue,” stated the description of the product.“We don’t sell certain content including content that we determine is hate speech, promotes the abuse or sexual exploitation of children, contains pornography, glorifies rape or pedophilia, advocates terrorism, or other material we deem inappropriate or offensive,” claimed in its book policy.A corporate from the online selling giant explained further: “We have a dedicated Offensive Products team that is responsible for developing and updating our policies, refining and maintaining our systems and processes, continuously monitoring our store, and manually evaluating questionable products. That team covers global operations and regularly consults Amazon leaders from around the world to refine our policies when needed. We also routinely consult resources issued by civil rights and anti-hate organizations as guidelines.” These civil rights groups and so-called anti-hate organizations were not listed. However, already uses the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to determine what charities are “hateful” for its program, AmazonSmile. The SPLC’s “” describes conservative organizations like the Family Research Council and Alliance Defending Freedom as “hate groups.”Previously, Anderson’s book was noted as a , which is ironic given that Jeff Bezos owns both The Washington Post and Amazon.Amazon was the same company that allowed author Phillip R. Greaves II to self-publish a book, The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct. “I wrote the book to establish guidelines so that people would behave in a manner that is non-injurious to each other,” he said to . Only after and the was the book pulled from the site.Anderson also noted on Feb. 22 that had censored the cover of his book as “potentially sensitive content.” The Media Research Center and found hundreds of hateful products currently being sold on Amazon. These items included terrorist flags, Nazi symbols, and anti-religious graphic T-shirts. The Media Research Center has counted 270 hateful, violent products currently sold on Amazon. Thirty-seven items were removed after the publication of a study. One item, now removed, was a black T-shirt with a red slogan, “Kill All Republicans.”  This product was sponsored by Amazon, which means the vendor paid to have the product advertised on the platform.Conservatives are under attack. Contact Amazon at (206) 266-1000, or by mail to 410 Terry Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109, and demand that Amazon support the ideals of the First Amendment. If you have been censored, contact us at the Media Research Center, and help us hold Big Tech accountable.  

Dark ModeCONNECTSign up for our NB Daily newsletter to receive the latest news.Text to SpeechFont SizeAmazon sells many different books that preach a hateful ideology, including ones by , and . But it banned one by an author criticizing the transgender ideology., Ph.D., discovered that his book, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment, had been removed from Amazon on Feb. 21. “No notification to me. I found out when someone trying to buy it noted it was gone,” he when someone asked why the book had been pulled. Another Twitter user that while Anderson’s book was...

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