Amazon reviewing website after algorithm suggests bomb-making ingredients


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 21 Sep 2017

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France on February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo

LONDON: Amazon.com said it was reviewing its website after an investigation found that it could help users buy the ingredients to make a bomb using its "Frequently bought together" and "Customers who bought this also bought" features. 

Britain's Channel 4 News found the online retailer's algorithm was suggesting items that could be bought together to produce explosives on Sept 20, days after an apparently home-made bomb was detonated on the London Underground network. 

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