WJC welcomes Amazon move to remove Holocaust-denial books, offers assistance in identifying further material

2017. március 10 04:54

WJC welcomes Amazon move to remove Holocaust-denial books, offers assistance in identifying further material

 

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Small blog amazon WJC welcomes Amazon move to remove Holocaust-denial books, offers assistance in identifying further materialThe World Jewish Congress has reached out to Amazon on multiple occasions since 2013, and as recently as earlier this month, to request removal of items that breach Amazon’s guidelines prohibiting the sale of material that “promote or glorify hatred.”
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