Amazon ‘Reviewing’ Its Website After It Suggested Bomb-Making Items<br />LONDON — Amazon said on Wednesday that it was reviewing its website after a British television report said the online retail<br />giant’s algorithms were automatically suggesting bomb-making ingredients that were “Frequently bought together.”<br />The news is particularly timely in Britain, where the authorities are investigating<br />a terrorist attack last week on London’s Underground subway system.<br />Amazon said in a statement that all the products sold on its website “must adhere to our selling guidelines<br />and we only sell products that comply with U. K. laws.”<br />“In light of recent events, we are reviewing our website to ensure<br />that all these products are presented in an appropriate manner,” the statement continued.<br />Amazon customers buying products that were innocent enough on their own, like cooking ingredients, received “Frequently bought together” prompts for other items<br />that would help them produce explosives, according to the Channel 4 News.<br />Although many of the ingredients mentioned by Channel 4 News are not illegal on their own, the report said there had been<br />successful prosecutions in Britain against individuals who bought chemicals and components that can produce explosives.
