Why is Amazon selling Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism? | Op-ed by Robert R. Singer

Why is Amazon selling Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism? | Op-ed by Robert R. Singer

 

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Small blog amazon Why is Amazon selling Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism? | Op-ed by Robert R. Singer – Los Angeles TimesWJC CEO Robert R. Singer calls on Amazon to step up and enforce its own guidelines prohibiting the sale of products that “promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance.”
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