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Re:Amazon autocomplete recommends suicide kits to teens by raxxorraxor on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:07AM (#33118987)
No search query should ever result in a visit from authorities, especially for therapy or psychological evaluation. There are quite a few books that thoroughly describe why this is a bad idea. Probably available on Amazon.

This is just a result of the ruleset and can happen with any recommendation. You have to add an exception for certain keywords until there is outrage about another combination again. Because taste, sensibility or any thought is part of the recommendation process.

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Re:Amazon autocomplete recommends suicide kits to teens by MonkeyClub on Friday October 07, 2022 @09:14AM (#33120804)
True story: In the UK, a mate buying household cleaning supplies in bulk triggered a visit by two very polite MI5 boys. Just to check.
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Re:Amazon autocomplete recommends suicide kits to teens by raxxorraxor on Monday October 10, 2022 @02:42AM (#33148490)
To me this is indicative that law enforcement either doesn't have enough to do or that they have wrong priorities.

Also they should not have access to information of what people are buying in the first place because you end up with such surprise visits. That you see terror everywhere is a known occupational hazard.

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