In 2014, the e-commerce site Amazon.com and the book publisher Hachette have been embroiled in a tussle over pricing of e-books. Several authors have taken Hachette's side, signing an open letter in August 2014 protesting against Amazon's stance.
An Amazon spokesperson asked Hachette to "stop using their authors as ___ ____". The blanked out phrase here has been used often in another, greater, conflict from 2014. What phrase?
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"Human shields", more prominent from the 2014 Gaza conflict.
Here's more on the Amazon-Hachette fight.