Amazon has come under fire for the way it has acted as a 'gatekeeper' to everyone from small textbook sellers to HBO Max
was mentioned) to whether Google used "surveillance over web traffic to identify competitive threats." And Republicans on the antitrust subcommittee were particularly eager to cross-examine the executives over their supposed censorship of conservative viewpoints.
As for Bezos, it took the 56-year-old tech titan nearly two hours to get his first question, an odd delay reportedly because of internet connection troubles. But once the queries finally arrived, Bezos found himself on the defensive over reports that"What I can tell you is that we have a policy against using seller specific data to aid our private label business," said Bezos. "But I can't guarantee you that that policy has never been violated.
Other lawmakers such as Lucy McBath pounced on that remark and then got Bezos to admit that Amazon had at least used aggregate data from third parties for their own competitive products. McBath characterized this as a "loophole" in the company's policy. The lawmaker also played a recording from one small businesswoman — a textbook seller — who claimed not being able to sell a single book over ten months thanks to Amazon's practices. This woman couldn't get an explanation.
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