August 12, 2019 #JewsAgainstICE protest Amazon's role in 'profiting off cruelty,' dozens arrested Dozens of members of Jewish community groups protesting Amazon's cloud computing contracts and other work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were arrested at an Amazon Books store in New York on Sunday.
August 12, 2019 Amazon devices are being built illegally by children working 'grueling' shifts, documents reveal Chinese schoolchildren are producing Amazon's Alexa and Echo devices in grueling shifts in order to meet certain production goals, according to a new report from China Labor Watch.
August 5, 2019 Big Tech faces massive antitrust fines under new bill Big tech giants like Google and Facebook would face massive, crippling fines under a new bill meant to combat antitrust violations.
August 5, 2019 FTC probes Amazon deal that booted Apple refurbishers Amazon's deal to sell official Apple products is facing a possible Federal Trade Commission investigation because the same deal also booted many third-party resellers, including refurbishers, from selling low-cost MacBooks and iPods on Amazon.
August 2, 2019 Pentagon hits pause on massive contract amid Trump concerns about Amazon Defense Secretary Mark Esper will review a massive $10 billion Pentagon contract that Amazon was in strong contention to receive -- weeks after President Trump said he may intervene.Â
August 1, 2019 Amazon drivers part of major theft ring, FBI says A theft ring in Washington state sold millions of dollars’ worth of stolen goods on Amazon.com in the past six years, and a pair of contract Amazon delivery drivers was involved, recently unsealed federal court documents show.
July 30, 2019 Amazon's Ring service may have 200 police department partnerships already Amazon's Ring security service is reportedly working with 200 law enforcement agencies.
July 29, 2019 Capital One data breach exposes info of 106M customers, applicants; suspect arrested Capital One Financial Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer, said Monday that a hacker accessed the personal information of approximately 106 million card customers and applicants, one of the largest ever data breaches of a big bank.
July 24, 2019 Amazon has 'destroyed the retail industry across the United States,' Mnuchin says Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said that although Amazon has provided certain benefits to the consumer, the Jeff Bezos-led company has "destroyed the retail industry across the United States."
July 24, 2019 Attorney General Barr targets Facebook, Google and Amazon in broad antitrust probe The Justice Department has opened a broad antitrust inquiry into whether Silicon Valley giants are unlawfully stifling competition.