{"id":5608,"date":"2024-02-05T23:17:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/?p=5608"},"modified":"2024-02-06T04:02:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:02:07","slug":"amazon-suppressed-covid-books-in-2021-after-white-house-who-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balldiamondball.com\/blog\/amazon-suppressed-covid-books-in-2021-after-white-house-who-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Suppressed COVID Books in 2021 After White House \/ WHO Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick hit here:\u00a0 In 2021, Amazon reduced the visibility of books critical of vaccine efficacy in 2021 after the White House and the WHO browbeat them.\u00a0 To Amazon&#8217;s credit, they initially stood their ground, clarifying that Amazon&#8217;s stance against &#8220;misleading content&#8221; referred to erroneous or misleading information about a product for sale, such as calling a CD player a CD\/DVD player, or representing magic beans as antibiotics.\u00a0 Amazon said that the policy did not refer to the veracity of claims made in published material which is itself a product.\u00a0 They <em>quickly caved<\/em>, however.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Xkz9EUKFBR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/02\/05\/exclusive-amazon-bowed-white-house-pressure-suppress-books-skeptical-covid-19-vaccine\/\">EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Bowed to White House Pressure to Suppress Books Skeptical of COVID-19 Vaccines<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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