Amazon CEO says company won’t stop selling anti-Semitic movies

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NEW YORK — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy will stop selling the recently notorious anti-Semitic film on Wednesday after Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving tweeted a link to Amazon. He said he had no plans.

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Amazon has been under pressure to stop selling a film called From Hebrews to Blacks: Wake Up Black America since Irving shared a link to the documentary with his millions of Twitter followers in October. increase. The Amazon synopsis reads that the film will “reveal the identity of the children of Israel.”

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Speaking at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York City, Jassy said it’s hard to tell what content Amazon isn’t crossing the line and offering to customers.

“As a retailer that provides content to hundreds of millions of customers with different points of view, we need to allow access to those points of view, even if they are objectionable. It’s different from our particular point of view,” said Jassy. .

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He said it’s “easier” to decide what content to remove, such as when it “actively incites or promotes violence or teaches people things like pedophilia.” said.

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Dozens of celebrities, celebrities, Jewish organizations and Nets have called on the company to remove the film or add a disclaimer explaining why the documentary and related book are problematic.

Amazon told the paper earlier this month that it would consider adding a disclaimer to the documentary’s main page. But it’s not happening.

The Seattle-based company did not respond to a request for comment on whether the Associated Press would add a disclaimer earlier this month. there is, but expanding it more broadly may be difficult.

“The reality is we have very extensive customer reviews,” he said. “When it comes to books that get a lot of attention, especially public attention, customers do a good job of keeping an eye on other people.”

Irving was suspended by the Nets on Nov. 3 after refusing to issue an apology asking NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to post a link to the film. He apologized more than two weeks later. After that I came back. He missed eight games.