The Biden administration took aim at Facebook and Twitter for content that did not align with their approval. However, it has now come to light that their censorship efforts also extended to Amazon.
Additionally, we have identified the individual who spearheaded these efforts within the administration.
Representative Jim Jordan shared a revealing thread on X platform on Monday, unveiling the extensive measures employed by the administration to pressure Amazon into ceasing the sale of books they disapproved of.
Their primary target was literature that criticized the COVID-19 vaccination. Initially hesitant about succumbing to the administration’s strong-arm tactics, Amazon eventually caved in and complied.
THE AMAZON FILES – “feeling pressure from the White House”
Internal docs subpoenaed by @JudiciaryGOP & @Weaponization indicate that @amazon bowed down to Biden White House pressure to censor BOOKS.
🧵 Thread:
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
Never-before-released internal emails subpoenaed by @JudiciaryGOP reveal that the Biden White House pressured Amazon to censor books that expressed views the White House did not approve of.
“Is the [Biden] Admin asking us to remove books”? pic.twitter.com/ZsAN9BZAcX
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
Who was responsible for implementing this bullying strategy?
It was none other than Andy Slavitt, Biden’s former White House Senior Advisor for the COVID-19 Response.
On March 2, 2021, he initiated the action by sending an email demanding a discussion about alleged “disinformation” present on Amazon’s website.
On March 2, 2021, Slavitt fired off an email demanding to know who he and his White House colleagues could talk to at the company about “the high levels of propaganda and misinformation and disinformation of [sic] Amazon?” pic.twitter.com/aWSMp3aSOc
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
How did the Biden White House conclude that there was “propaganda and misinformation” in books sold in Amazon’s bookstore?
The White House ran keyword searches for controversial topics, such as “vaccine,” and emailed Amazon when it didn’t like how the search results appeared: pic.twitter.com/FmVYPJQR6n
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
Amazon chose to delay implementing censorship in order to avoid backlash from right-wing media and prevent their actions from being too apparent to the American public.
Predictably, this decision frustrated and displeased the Regime due to their impatience.
Initially, Amazon decided to hold off on “doing a manual intervention” to censor books.
Why? Not out of any commitment to free speech, but because doing so would be “too visible” to the American public and likely to spur criticism from conservative media. pic.twitter.com/166wXiPsha
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
Why was the Biden White House so upset with Amazon?
Because Amazon believed “retailers are different than social media communities” & provided their “customers with access to a variety of viewpoints.”
For the Biden Admin, letting Americans think for themselves was unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/tKjBTesZoU
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
On March 9, 2021, Amazon held a meeting with the White House to discuss their stance on banning or censoring books.
It was revealed by Jordan that Amazon had initially agreed to the meeting due to “pressure from the White House.”
A week later, on March 9, 2021, Amazon met with the White House.
Internal Amazon documents reveal Amazon’s “top talking points” going into the meeting.
One of the key questions was whether the Biden White House wanted books banned or just buried deep in the search results: pic.twitter.com/wnWj9eCyJf
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
What was the purpose of this meeting with the Biden White House?
To see if “the Admin is asking us to remove books, or are they more concerned about search results/order (or both)?” pic.twitter.com/I8qd3WCeY4
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
Why did Amazon agree to take this meeting? Because they were “feeling pressure from the White House” pic.twitter.com/n7Xe0D5lhH
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
The Regime’s aggressive tactics yielded results as Amazon, on the very day of the meeting, implemented a “Do Not Promote” feature for books that raised doubts about the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Additionally, the company explored various methods to limit readers’ access to these critical materials.
After the White House spent a week berating Amazon, what did the online bookstore do?
Starting March 9—the same day as its meeting with the White House—Amazon enabled “Do Not Promote” for books that expressed the view that vaccines were not effective. pic.twitter.com/8YEXjAL8BD
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
And that wasn’t all. Amazon also considered other ways “to reduce the visibility” of certain books that the Biden White House disliked. pic.twitter.com/q9JC1LYb5m
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 5, 2024
The recently revealed information adds significant substance to the argument against the censorship regime, which is currently facing considerable challenges.
One crucial development contributing to this is the recent ruling in Missouri vs. Biden by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In their verdict, the Court determined that the federal government had effectively carried out a massive campaign of censoring American citizens.
The lead Plaintiff in the case, TGP Publisher Jim Hoft, will present oral arguments on March 18 as announced by the Supreme Court.
