E-commerce giant confirms 'Healing the Symptoms Known as Autism’ and ‘Fight Autism and Win,’ were pulled from its site, but declined to discuss why or whether similar books might be taken down in the future
Amazon has removed the online listings for two books that claim to contain cures for autism, a move that follows recent efforts by several social media sites to limit the availability of anti-vaccination and other pseudo-scientific material.
The books that were listed on Amazon were both written more than five years ago and have together generated more than 600 customer reviews. “As a result, harmful anti-vaccine messages have been able to thrive and spread,” Schiff wrote. “Every online platform, including Amazon, must act responsibly and ensure that they do not contribute to this growing public health catastrophe.”
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