The Democrat from Massachusetts requested clarity on the tech giant's positioning of material promoting COVID-19 treatment and vaccine falsehoods.
on Wednesday where she asked the tech giant to review company algorithms that resulted in COVID-19 misinformation being prominently featured on its site.CEO Andy Jassy, the Warren letter requested clarity on the company's high positioning of material promoting COVID-19 treatment and vaccine falsehoods in its search and"Best Seller" algorithms.
Warren said her team was first made aware of the results during the week of August 22 when they conducted Amazon searches for the terms"COVID-19,""COVID,""vaccine,""COVID 19 vaccine," and"pandemic." She said the searches returned a number of books centered around false information, with the material"consistently" appearing amongst the top results.
Senator Elizabeth Warren called on Amazon to provide clarity on both its algorithm and what it's done to stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation in a recent letter sent to the company. Above, she delivers remarks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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