Amazon’s Algorithms Promote Conspiracy Theories to Some Users, Report Says

A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue says Amazon’s algorithms steer people to books about conspiracy theories and extremism, sometimes introducing them to the work of conspiracy theorists who’ve been banned by other online platforms. People browsing a book about one conspiracy on Amazon are likely to get suggestions for more books on that topic as well as books about other conspiracy theories about everything from QAnon to the COVID-19 vaccine, the report found.