{"id":2170158,"date":"2024-02-07T12:09:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T17:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-caved-jim-jordan-posts-evidence-wh-pressured-amazon-to-censor-books-amazon-complied\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T17:11:15","slug":"amazon-caved-jim-jordan-posts-evidence-wh-pressured-amazon-to-censor-books-amazon-complied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-caved-jim-jordan-posts-evidence-wh-pressured-amazon-to-censor-books-amazon-complied\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon yields&#8217;: Jim Jordan shares proof of White House influence on Amazon&#8217;s book censorship, Amazon obeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-caved-jim-jordan-posts-evidence-wh-pressured-amazon-to-censor-books-amazon-complied%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2170158&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan Exposes Amazon&#8217;s Censorship<\/h2>\n<p>In a captivating thread titled &#8220;The Amazon Files,&#8221; Representative Jim \u200dJordan (R-OH), the Chairman of the House \u200bJudiciary Committee, revealed emails that he claims demonstrate \u2062Amazon&#8217;s compliance with pressure from the Biden administration to\u200d censor books.<\/p>\n<p>The emails, both from the Biden administration to Amazon\u2063 and internal messages within the company, indicate that Amazon implemented \u2064a\u2064 &#8220;Do Not\u2062 Promote&#8221; feature for books expressing hesitancy about COVID\u2062 vaccines on the \u2062same day it met\u2063 with\u200d the White\u2062 House\u200c in \u2064March 2021, according to Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>These emails also reveal that\u2062 nearly three years ago, senior White House\u2062 advisor Andy \u2063Slavitt, who\u2063 was simultaneously pressuring Facebook to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-reveals-emails-accuses-wh-of-pressuring-amazon-to-censor-books-letting-americans-think-for-themselves-was-unacceptable\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan exposes emails, accuses White House of pressuring Amazon to censor books, deeming independent thinking unacceptable\">suppress vaccine-related \u2062stories<\/a>, reached out to\u200c Amazon to address \u2062what he referred to as \u2064&#8221;propaganda and misinformation&#8221; in books \u200bsold\u2063 on the\u200b platform. Slavitt expressed \u2062concern about the search results for &#8220;vaccines&#8221; on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan \u2063questioned how the Biden\u2064 White House determined that there was\u200b &#8220;propaganda and misinformation&#8221; in Amazon&#8217;s bookstore. He claimed that the White \u2064House conducted\u200b keyword searches for controversial topics and contacted Amazon when it\u2062 was dissatisfied \u200cwith the search results.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE AMAZON FILES\u200c \u2013 &#8220;feeling pressure from the White House&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Internal docs subpoenaed \u200bby <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JudiciaryGOP<\/a> \u2064 &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Weaponization?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Weaponization<\/a> indicate that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amazon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amazon<\/a> bowed \u2062down\u2063 to Biden White House pressure\u200c to censor\u2064 BOOKS.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\uddf5 Thread:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Jim\u200b Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan\/status\/1754637204146581783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5,\u2063 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response to the Biden administration&#8217;s \u2063request,\u2064 Amazon appeared to consider taking action but\u200c refrained from &#8220;doing \u200ca manual intervention&#8221;\u200b due to concerns\u200b that it \u200bwould attract attention from news outlets \u2062like Fox \u2064News.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan \u200basked why the\u200b Biden White House\u2064 was so displeased with Amazon. He suggested that Amazon&#8217;s commitment to\u2064 providing customers with access to \u2063diverse viewpoints and allowing them to \u2064think for\u200d themselves was unacceptable to the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan revealed that a week\u2064 after the initial\u200b email, Amazon met \u2062with the White House. \u200cInternal documents\u200d showed that Amazon sought \u2064clarification from\u2063 the \u200dadministration on\u200d whether they were being \u200basked \u2062to remove books or if the concern was primarily about search results and order.\u200b The\u2062 documents also \u200cacknowledged that Amazon was &#8220;feeling pressure from\u200d the White House&#8221; and anticipated a \u2064negative story from BuzzFeed regarding books\u200b on Amazon related\u200d to vaccine misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day\u200b as the meeting with the White House, Amazon enabled \u2062the &#8220;Do Not \u2064Promote&#8221; feature for books \u200cquestioning\u200b the \u2063effectiveness of COVID vaccines. Additionally, the tech giant explored other ways to reduce the visibility of books\u200b disliked by the Biden White House, according to Jordan.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO \u2064GET\u2062 THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s right. \u200bAmazon caved to the pressure from the \u200dBiden White House to censor speech,&#8221; declared Jordan, \u200cemphasizing the significance of\u200c this revelation.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan concluded the thread by announcing that \u200dthe\u200d Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee\u200c on the Weaponization of the Federal Government are\u2064 investigating the\u200b Biden administration&#8217;s efforts\u200c to\u2062 pressure Amazon into implementing more censorship.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064discovery adds Amazon to the growing list of tech \u200bgiants that \u200bhave\u2063 faced pressure from the Biden administration to censor vaccine-related information. \u2063Last summer, Jordan released the &#8220;Facebook Files,&#8221; exposing how\u2063 the Biden administration pressured Facebook\u200c to suppress \u200dspeech it disagreed with, including limiting The Daily Wire&#8217;s \u2062reach on the platform. In December, \u2064The Daily \u2064Wire\u2062 reported that YouTube complied with the White House&#8217;s censorship requests before Facebook was similarly pressured, as revealed in documents shared with Jordan.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064 How did the meeting \u200bdiscussed in the article shape Amazon&#8217;s\u2062 decision to implement the &#8220;Do\u200d Not\u2063 Promote&#8221; feature\u2064 for books expressing hesitancy\u200b about COVID vaccines?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200d The meeting discussed strategies to combat the spread of &#8220;misinformation&#8221; \u2064on the platform. According to Jordan, this meeting led to Amazon\u2064 implementing the &#8220;Do Not Promote&#8221; feature for books expressing hesitancy about COVID vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee emphasized the importance of \u2064free speech and \u200cthe right to access diverse viewpoints. He raised\u2062 concerns about the government&#8217;s influence on private companies and their potential to suppress\u200b information and control the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan&#8217;s\u2063 revelations sparked a debate on social media and among lawmakers, with many expressing alarm at the\u200d potential infringement \u2064on free speech and\u2063 the Biden\u200b administration&#8217;s \u200binvolvement in pressuring Amazon to censor books.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of Amazon argue\u200b that the company,\u2064 as a \u2062private entity, \u200dhas the right to make decisions about what content it allows on \u2062its platform. They contend that\u200c Amazon&#8217;s decision to implement the &#8220;Do Not Promote&#8221; feature for certain books\u2062 is a reasonable response to combating misinformation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-governor-jared-polis-urges-biden-to-change-vaccine-rhetoric-hints-big-change-coming\/\" title=\"Colorado Governor Jared Polis Urges Biden To Change Vaccine Rhetoric, Hints Big Change Coming\">promoting public health<\/a>. They argue \u2062that\u200b it is the responsibility of tech\u200d companies to ensure the accuracy and safety of\u2063 the\u2064 information they provide \u2063to their customers.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Jordan and those\u200d concerned about \u200cfree speech rights point to the \u2063potential dangers of \u200dallowing \u2062the government\u2063 to pressure private companies to censor information. They argue that this sets a dangerous\u2062 precedent and opens the door to further restrictions on freedom of \u200bspeech\u2064 and access to information.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062revelations from Representative Jim Jordan \u200chave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asa-hutchinson-nabs-4000-new-donors-after-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Asa Hutchinson gains 4,000 new donors post-GOP debate.\">generated significant attention<\/a> and have led\u200b to calls for further investigation into the relationship between tech companies and\u200b the government. The debate about the balance\u200c between \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-each-of-bidens-42-executive-orders-will-actually-do\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What Each Of Biden\u2019s 42 Executive Orders Will Actually Do\">protecting public health<\/a> and\u200d safeguarding First Amendment rights is likely to continue in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen\u2064 what action, if any, will\u200b be taken in response to these revelations. \u2062As the discussion surrounding Big\u2063 Tech\u2062 and censorship continues to heat up, lawmakers and tech companies will face growing pressure to address these concerns and find\u200c a balance between free speech\u200b and public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) shared &#8220;The Amazon Files&#8221; on X, exposing emails indicating that the Biden administration influenced the tech giant to censor books. 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