http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/14/excellent-ttt-coverage/ Libraries, Technology and People Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:40:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/14/excellent-ttt-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Sarah Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:38:17 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/14/excellent-ttt-coverage/#comment-644 Amazon may trust their users to post such reviews, but they DO edit them. This includes reviews critical of right-wing books. The criteria supposedly is that the reviewer must have actually read the book (supposedly determined by the post) instead of merely sounding off on the author and his/her politics. Censorship does exist at Amazon.com, and it isn't confined to "obscenity". Amazon may trust their users to post such reviews, but they DO edit them. This includes reviews critical of right-wing books. The criteria supposedly is that the reviewer must have actually read the book (supposedly determined by the post) instead of merely sounding off on the author and his/her politics. Censorship does exist at Amazon.com, and it isn’t confined to “obscenity”.

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