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Amazon Changes Search Results On Abortion Posted by Pile (5898 views) [E-Mail link] [Activists] Online retailer Amazon says it is changing the way its search engine handles requests for the term "abortion." The Web retailer says it got an e-mail complaint that the results of the searches seem biased. Until the criteria were changed, if you were to type in the word “abortion” you'd get a prompt that asks: "Did you mean adoption?" Under the question, there are search results on abortion. A spokeswoman for Amazon says the prompt isn't meant as some kind of political or social statement but rather a technology issue. But the company says it ditched the question because the e-mailer raised a valid question. People who type in the term “adoption” don't get a prompt asking: “Do you mean abortion.” The change in the site was reported yesterday by The New York Times. Details     Comments   Name: (change name for anonymous posting) Title: Comments:     1 Article displayed.

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