[GOPJ]

Modern day book burning?

[tbw2]

It is akin to Youtube and Google’s demonetization of content.
They didn’t take the books down, so you can’t say they are censoring outright.
Instead, it is multiple layers of disincentives they know hurt the content.
People read the reviews to get an idea as to whether or not they like they book. Amazon removes a lot of the positive reviews for conservative authors, weakening its ability to sell to new people. Reducing the review count makes the book look less popular, same effect.
They’re also slow to remove fake one star reviews by liberal bullies on conservatives’ fiction and non-fiction books, but Amazon was quick to remove all the one star reviews from new fawning liberal books.

[grania]

In Fahrenheit 450 the books had to be burned to erase the past. Now truth is either altered or deleted by technology. Back then, people could hide In the woods. With GPS and spy cameras and technology that's close to impossible. We're on the edge of "future crimes" as in Minority Report, where rights will be taken away for the potential of committing a crime in the future (mental health restrictions for gun ownership?).

We're way past "book burning" in our Brave New World.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Modern day book burning?"

Well said.