If Amazon Thinks You’re a Racist, It Will Shut Down Your Smart Home

“Hey kids, be careful. If Alexa hears you say the wrong thing, nothing in the house will work anymore.” They say that a fool and his cloud are easily parted. We talk a lot about deplatforming, but when a single corporation doesn’t just control a site you use, but controls most of your life, everything from your doorbell to your vacuum, your music and your lightbulbs, and it decides that your politics are bad, you’ve