Seuss books, while remarking on the eerie silence following the suppression of Anderson’s book. Of the major news outlets, only the Wall Street Journal, which also reported on Amazon’s new letter in the matter, has covered this story.Īnd last week, one of the New York Times’ lone conservative voices, Ross Douthat, wrote a column about the recent removal of several Dr. We simply require that our customers comply with our terms of service which, are designed to prevent encouraging and inciting violence that could harm people.”Īs I reported previously, Amazon’s decision to purge When Harry Became Sally received scant attention from major news outlets like the New York Times or the Washington Post, owned by Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos. “AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respect our customers’ right to determine for themselves what content they will allow. 24 letter, the GOP senators asked whether the delisting of When Harry Became Sally was “part of a broader campaign against conservative material and voices on Amazon’s platforms?” While asked to provide examples of Anderson’s violation of content guidelines, Huseman’s letter avoided any concrete details. Amazon’s delisting of it cuts off vital political and cultural discussion about important matters when we need it most.”Īmazon’s letter to Senators Marco Rubio of Florida, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Braun of Indiana and Mike Lee of Utah also addressed several other questions, though the answers provided little transparency on the internal discussions leading to its stated policy or the objective criteria applied in this specific case.

When Harry Became Sally is an important contribution, praised by medical experts, to that conversation. He acknowledged, however, that there was an ongoing debate “about how best to help patients who experience gender dysphoria. Anderson said there was a reason why “ender dysphoria is listed in the most widely respected and consulted book on psychiatric disorders because it is a serious condition that causes great suffering.”

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