As Amazon’s algorithms allow COVID-19 misinformation to top search results, Rep. Adam Schiff of California and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have written to the company about its “misinformation policies and what the company is doing to stop its systems from recommending books and other products linked to falsehoods about the pandemic and vaccines,” NPR reports. Warren’s letter specifically notes a book by Joseph Mercola, “a Florida physician who has long promoted debunked claims about vaccines,” which is listed as an Amazon bestseller and is consistently one of the top search results (published by Chelsea Green). NPD Bookscan reports sales […]
