10. Rape Video game In 2006, Japanese gaming company Illusion Soft released a pornographic PC video game called Rape lay, which allowed the player to sexually assault women in various scenarios and environments. The game encouraged players to force the female characters they rape to have an abortion. If they are allowed to give birth, the woman throws the player’s character under a train. It also allows multiple players to team up against an individual woman. It was originally sold in Japan and resurfaced in 2009 in the Amazon Marketplace. Unsurprisingly, many complaints were made, which led to Amazon removing it from their site. 9. I Love Hitler In April 2008 Amazon were forced to remove distasteful “I Love Hitler” t-shirts following complaints …show more content…
It discusses how pedophiles are misunderstood and even includes first-person descriptions of sexual encounters, written from a child’s point of view. The book sparked an online uproar and was immediately removed from the site. Prior to the removal, Amazon had defended the sale of the book on the grounds that they didn’t believe in censoring authors based on their objectionable message. Following the ban, author Phillip Ray Greaves was arrested after sending a signed copy of his book to …show more content…
In response, Wikileaks expressed disappointment, insisting that it was a breach of their freedom of speech. Representatives even took to Twitter to declare that if Amazon was "so uncomfortable with the first amendment, they should get out of the business of selling books.” This isn’t the first time Amazon has been forced to take action following US government intervention. In October 2015 the book entitled “Nobody Died At Sandy Hook” was removed because it contained evidence and opinions that disagreed with the government's version of what happened at the Sandy Hook school shootings in