Amazon’s Algorithms Are Promoting ‘Unethical, Unacceptable’ Books About Hoax COVID-19 Cures And Anti-Vaccination Claims, Warn Top Democrats
This past week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Adam Schiff of California expressed concern over Amazon’s algorithms, with routinely rank books about COVID hoaxes at the top of the search results on the retailer’s site. The lawmakers sent a letter to Amazon admonishing them for promoting “unethical, unacceptable” misinformation about the pandemic, and demanding they look into the issue immediately.
MASTERPIECE, ITV And Mammoth Screen Team Up For Tom Jones
Calling all fans of period dramas! The producers and networks behind some of your favorite period pieces are teaming up to bring the classic story of Tom Jones to screen. The adaptation is based on The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, which was originally published in 1749 and is widely credited for being one of the original romantic comedies—and one of the very first written works in English to be classified as a novel.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Receives $150K Award From Library Of Congress
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a foundation dedicated to providing children with free books each month, and promoting a lifelong love of literacy. Since its founding, they’ve mailed out 16 million books to children all over the world. The Library of Congress awarded the foundation with the David M. Rubenstein Prize, which comes with $150,000 to continue to fund Parton’s mission to get books in the hands of kids.