Amazon faces the mob

An interesting description of the Amazon book delisting story by Lisa Devaney.  This is yet another illustation of how, in the words of Jeff Jarvis, ‘mobs form in a flash’ in this hyper-connected age.  The news that Amazon had appeared to delist various books featuring ‘adult’ content led to an immediate Twitter-storm, online petition and blogging frenzy.  Within only a matter of hours, what appeared to be an attack on freedom of speech – a topic close to the heart of the blogging community – had become a mainstream media story.