Amazon Says Technology, Not Ideology, Skewed Results
Amazon.com last week modified its search engine after an abortion rights organization complained that search results appeared skewed toward anti-abortion books. Until a few days ago, a search of Amazon's catalog of books using the word "abortion" turned up pages with the question, "Did you mean adoption?" at the top, followed by a list of books related to abortion. [more]
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I thought it was offensive," said the Rev. James Lewis, a retired Episcopalian minister in Charleston, W.Va. "It represented an editorial position on their part."
This type of censorship- especially by a company who has the motto "do no evil" is utterly unconscionable.
Amazon removed this because of one complaint- how would they react to 1000 complaints against market censorship?
I reread the post and realized my comment may not have been clear...so at risk of redundancy, "they had it right by recommending adoption."
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