Posted on 09/15/2021 7:55:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy this month asking the company to modify its algorithms to suppress books she believes spread “COVID-19 misinformation.”
“Despite the fact that vaccination remains our greatest tool to protect Americans from the virus, myths about COVID-19 vaccines continue to spread, often facilitated by technology companies that refuse to curb misinformation,” she said.
After conducting a variety of searches in Amazon related to COVID-19 and the vaccine, Warren claimed her staff found that “the top results consistently included highly-ranked and favorably-tagged books based on falsehoods about COVID-19 vaccines and cures.”
Former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson is among the authors Warren took issue with. Berenson, a frequent guest on Fox News’s Tucker Carlson, has been sharing information that goes against mainstream opinions on Covid-19 and the vaccines since the start of the pandemic. Twitter banned the writer from its platform last month for allegedly spreading misinformation.
Responding to the senator’s allegations, Berenson said his booklets “contain no misinformation.”
“As those of you who have read them know, they are sourced from government data and scientific preprints and peer-reviewed papers. I provide links to the relevant documents so readers can judge them for themselves,” he wrote on his substack, noting that the booklets have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and have near perfect reviews.
"Given the seriousness of this issue, I ask that you perform an immediate review of Amazon’s algorithms and, within 14 days, provide both a public report on the extent to which Amazon’s algorithms are directing consumers to books and other products containing COVID-19 misinformation and a plan to modify these algorithms so that they no longer do so," the senator demanded.
Amazon has responded to the letter in a statement.
"As a company, we continue to encourage our employees to get vaccinated, and we believe it is an important step for communities to stay healthy and recover from the pandemic. As a retailer, we respect that our customers want access to a wide variety of viewpoints on the matter, which is why we continue to list the books in question," an Amazon spokesperson told Fox News.
Warren, who spent the six-page letter denouncing misinformation, also blasted Ivermectin, which she said “is used to treate [sic] parasites in livestock”—completely ignoring the fact that the drug is also used for humans in tablet form to treat a variety of parasites. As Katie has reported, the drug won a Nobel prize for its “benefit to mankind.” And while its use to treat Covid-19 has not been approved, many have said the drug aided in their recovery.
Additionally, according to a study in the American Journal of Therapeutics, “Moderate-certainty evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may reduce numbers progressing to severe disease. The apparent safety and low cost suggest that ivermectin is likely to have a significant impact on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic globally.”
"Ivermectin is likely to be an equitable, acceptable, and feasible global intervention against COVID-19. Health professionals should strongly consider its use, in both treatment and prophylaxis."
https://t.co/pLIE8sZ4Pr— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) August 23, 2021
Psychojewea still good for a few laughs.
I don’t think people realize how much misinformation there is. If we took out all of the misinformation, we probably would be reading about something else entirely. I’m to the point where a COVID 19 headline gives me the same reaction as seeing the Babylon Bee as the source.
Elizabeth Warren wants Amazon to suppress books challenging what politicians say too...
Elizabeth Warren spread disinformation about herself claiming she was a indian. She should be banned as a senator and from all social media and tv and radio. Also remove her bank account and credit cards.
“Despite the fact that vaccination remains our greatest tool to protect Americans from the virus, myths about COVID-19 vaccines continue to spread, often facilitated by technology companies that refuse to curb misinformation,”
Uh...censorship much, there, Lie-awatha?
Welcome to Nazism.
In 1984 Elizabeth Warren published a number of recipes in a Native American cookbook called “Pow Wow Chow”. In it Ms. Warren was listed as a Cherokee but her recipes were not native American food recipes and several appeared to be plagiarized. Warren’s husband was also listed as a “Cherokee”, even though he has not claimed native blood. He included in the book a recipe for “Oriental Beef Stir Fry” which has nothing to do with Native American cooking.
More proof Warren has been an opportunistic fraud for decades.
Here’s a link to the Pow Wow Chow story of misrepresentation - https://elizabethwarrenwiki.org/pow-wow-chow-cookbook/
Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy this month asking the company to modify its algorithms to suppress books she believes spread “COVID-19 misinformation.”
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What is it with Nazis and book burning?
they don’t burn them any more. bad for the environment..
they just delete them or refuse to publish them.
bkmk
Mzz. Warren is Queen of The Gas-lighters, she being gaslit herself.....
“Psychojewea”
LOL That’s a keeper!
American Indians don’t relate well.
Babylon Bee is the most trusted names in news. It says so on their website.
amazon had no choice but to ignore the fake Injun’s request for censorship because if they had knuckled under, they would have been immediately deluged with hundreds of thousands of letters demanding practically every listed product to be banned for one political reason or another, at which point product ratings would no longer be based on consumer feedback, but political feedback, plus forcing amazon to become arbiters of “truth” ... bad for business, very bad for business ...
Psychojewea
BWA HAA HAA I’m so stealing that
Good point about her claiming to be an Indian. She is the pinnacle of hypocrisy.
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