Welcome to PFLAG Boulder County, Colorado » Censorship of LGBT Media http://pflagboulder.org Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Boulder County, Colorado Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:59:19 +0000 en hourly 1 Amazon Rights Error After Tweet-Rage on Twitter http://pflagboulder.org/2009/04/15/amazon-rights-error-after-tweet-rage-on-twitter/ http://pflagboulder.org/2009/04/15/amazon-rights-error-after-tweet-rage-on-twitter/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:17:53 +0000 PFLAG Boulder County http://pflagboulder.org/?p=238 From the New York Times: 

In response to nearly two days of angry online commentary, particularly onTwitter, Amazon.com said on Monday that “an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error” had caused thousands of books on its site to lose their sales rankings and become harder to find in searches.

Most of the company’s online critics complained that the problem appeared to have a disproportionate effect on gay and lesbian themed books, leading to cries of censorship.

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