Amazon faced pressure from the White House to suppress anti-vaccine information and books. The campaign, overseen by Andy Slavitt, a senior advisor to President Biden, resulted in Amazon implementing a 'do not promote' policy for anti-vax books. White House officials contacted Amazon about problematic books, leading to reduced visibility for COVID-related books opposed by the White House. Emails obtained by Jim Jordan revealed White House officials haranguing Amazon over propaganda and misinformation. The pressure campaign appears to have been successful, with Amazon responding quickly to the concerns raised by top Biden advisors.
Del Bigtree & Dr. Drew on the White House Pressuring Amazon to Censor Books on Vaccines & COVID “This is electronic book burning. 100%.” @drdrew @delbigtree @Jim_Jordan https://t.co/roTEuD1y6q
"in March 2021,...Senior White House COVID-19 adviser Andrew Slavitt did an Amazon search and did not like what he found. 'Who can we talk to about the high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation [at] Amazon?' Slavitt asked the company" https://t.co/3rcmBCDry1
Why Burn Books When You Can Bury Them? The White House Pressured Amazon to Target Dissenting Books https://t.co/WtKfAHp72O
Of course, he did... Biden Admin Pressured Amazon to Suppress Anti-Vax ‘Propaganda’… https://t.co/5FDz7sTq8w
White House officials flagged one book authored in 2019 by Dr. Vernon Coleman and entitled “Anyone Who Tells You Vaccines Are Safe and Effective Is Lying.” https://t.co/Dbpj5ZbNf3.
Amazon officials responded quickly when top Biden advisors contacted them about problematic books for sale on the site. https://t.co/Dbpj5Zbfpv
.@Jim_Jordan revealed that he has obtained emails showing White House officials haranguing Amazon over "high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation" on the platform. Read more: https://t.co/n29KAmLxje https://t.co/Ld9jgaScMO
It also weighed policies to “reduce the visibility,” of other COVID-related books the White House opposed. https://t.co/Dbpj5Zbfpv
On March 9, Amazon enabled a “do not promote” policy for “anti-vax books whose primary purpose is to persuade readers vaccines are unsafe or ineffective.” https://t.co/Dbpj5ZbNf3
The Amazon pressure campaign overseen by Andy Slavitt, Mr. Biden’s then-senior advisor on the administration’s COVID-19 task force, appears to have been successful. https://t.co/Dbpj5Zbfpv
Why Burn Books When You Can Bury Them? The White House Pressured Amazon To Target Dissenting Books https://t.co/7IbbBuCKWb
.@Jim_Jordan EXPOSES Amazon's Censorship Campaign Against Covid Info https://t.co/Bq9q1QWGa3