The Biden regime strong-armed Amazon into censoring books on COVID-19 vaccines it deemed “misinformation,” according to e-mails obtained by the House Judiciary Committee and the Weaponization subpanel.
The details: Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan revealed the discovery in a thread on X that he called “THE AMAZON FILES.” The e-mails cover a 10-day span, from March 2 – March 12, 2021.
First contact Andy Slavitt, Biden’s senior COVID-19 response advisor at the time, e-mailed Amazon on March 2 asking: “Who can we talk to about the high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation of Amazon?”
- Slavitt complained that when he searched “vaccines,” books that the regime did not approve of were shown in the results. He added, “I don’t see a CDC warning.”
- Amazon pushed back against censorship, but as Rep. Jordan points out: “Not out of any commitment to free speech, but because doing so would be “too visible” to the American public and likely to spur criticism from conservative media.”
Be more like Facebook: In another March 2 e-mail, Slavitt asks Amazon, “Why don’t you tag books that are not scientifically sound the way FB/Twitter tags content.”
- The tag on Facebook and Twitter (now X) popped up anytime COVID-19 or vaccines were mentioned.
- Jordan writes: “For the Biden Admin, letting Americans think for themselves was unacceptable.”
The meeting: On March 9, Amazon met with the White House to discuss their concerns. While we don’t know the exact details of their discussion, a follow-up Amazon e-mail revealed the “top talking points” going into the meeting, which included:
- “Is the Admin asking us to remove books, or are they more concerned about search results/order (or both)?”
Amazon caves: On the same day Amazon met with Biden regime officials, the online retailer began filing “anti-vax” books under a “Do Not Promote” order, likely suppressing how they appeared in search results.
- Three days later, on March 12, Amazon e-mails discussed “additional steps Amazon might want to take to reduce the visibility” of books discussing COVID-19 vaccine skepticism.
The last word goes to @LibsOfTikTok on X, who wrote: “The left accuses us of “banning books” because we don’t want p*rn in schools. Turns out the real book banners are the Democrats.”
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