| Amazon Kindle Blocks Diddy
Detained Book on SDNY Case unlike
Inner City Press GMax Book
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Nov 28 – The day after Sean
Combs was denied bail for the
third time, Inner City Press'
second book about the case,
Diddy Detained, was "Blocked"
by Amazon's Kindle service,
without explanation.
The
book is entirely based on the
proceedings, both (three) oral
arguments and court filings.
So why should it be
censored?
Inner City Press voluntarily
stopped reporting on some
graphic cases in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
But Sean Combs' parties and
network included high
political officials and
others. By what right should
Jeff Bezos' Amazon be
censoring
it?
Kindle sent
no notice to respond to, and
its "contact us" page is
mostly FAQs with no e-mail
much less telephone link. So
Inner City Press through the
only contact box available
sent in, on the morning of
November 28:
"I am writing
about Kindle listing as
"BLOCKED" my book "Diddy
Detained: US v. Sean Combs,
Part II, By Matthew Russell
Lee." Please
be aware - I am a journalist
covering the Manhattan Federal
courthouse, this book is my
second about the US v. Sean
Combs criminal case.
"This book is
entirely based on transcripts
and filings in a public court
case of public interest. The
first in the my series, Kindle
published then KDP / Amazon,
apparently operating
robotically, blocked it. I
wrote in and they replied:
"Diddy Do It?: US v Sean
Combs, Part I | ASIN:
B0DHP7YF19 We
incorrectly blocked your book
and apologize for the
inconvenience this
caused. The book will
soon be published on Amazon."
And it was
made available online nearly
immediately. So that's back -
and that should happen in this
case, on the sequel. The bail
decision I'm reporting was
yesterday, so this blocking is
a problem - please
respond / act / restore today,
this morning."
Watch this site.
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