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world's largest online retailer drew scrutiny for having apparel
with QAnon insignia and related books up for sale days after
QAnon followers joined last week's siege of the U.S. Capitol,
which left five people dead.
QAnon backers have pushed conspiracies on social media based on
web postings from the anonymous "Q," citing insider knowledge of
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. These include the
baseless claim that Trump secretly is fighting a cabal of
child-sex predators, among them prominent Democrats and figures
in Hollywood.
The action by Amazon follows a decision to stop hosting the web
content of Parler, a social network used by some supporters of
Trump. The company alleged that Parler had violated the terms of
service of its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS),
for failing to deal with an increase in violent social media.
Parler sued AWS on Monday in response.
Amazon previously has come under fire for - and removed the
listings of - products promoting extremist views, such as books
denying the Holocaust.
(Reporting by Jeffrey Dastin in San Francisco; Additional
reporting by Bhargav Acharya, Elizabeth Culliford and Katie
Paul; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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