Build your own bomb: How Amazon's algorithm helps suggest explosive recipes

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon is linking potential bomb-making components under the “frequently bought together” tab, guiding its users to all the ingredients required to make an incendiary device. Channel 4 News also found that ignition systems and remote detonators were also “readily available”, promoted under the “Customers also bought” tab. Former counter-terrorism chief: Explosive known as "Mother of Satan" used in Parsons Green bomb The company told Channel 4: “All products sold on Amazon must adhere to our selling guidelines which also adhere to all UK laws. All 28 EU countries prohibit the public from buying pure forms of controlled substances without a licence, yet recent bomb attacks in the UK and abroad show that terrorist groups and members of the public are managing to acquire raw ingredients for bombs, in purer forms than are legally permitted.