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Today, Jeff Bezos has decided to head for the exits rather than face the music.
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In response to @JeffBezos stepping down as Amazon CEO for Andy Jassy, the head of Amazon Web Services, the @athenaforall coalition released the following statement from Maurice BP-Weeks @mo87mo87, an Athena leader and the Co-Exec Director of member group @ACREcampaigns. (2/x)
"The company Jeff Bezos started nearly three decades ago is under a cloud of scrutiny, with regulators from both sides of the aisle firing arrows from Washington, D.C. and lawmakers asking hard questions in states across the country." (3/x) #BreakUpAmazon #MonopolyIsNoGame
Amy Goodman of @DemocracyNow interviews Juan González of @Public_Citizen about their new report on @amazon profiteering + price gouging during the pandemic. #InvestigateAmazon democracynow.org/2020/9/15/pand…
Key findings include:
•Amazon set prices of products during the COVID-19 pandemic to levels that would be considered violations of price gouging laws in many states.
•Amazon has misled the public, law enforcement, and policymakers about price increases during the pandemic.
•Amazon set prices of products during the COVID-19 pandemic to levels that would be considered violations of price gouging laws in many states.
•Amazon has misled the public, law enforcement, and policymakers about price increases during the pandemic.
• Numerous examples of price increases were found on essential products on Amazon, some as much as 1000% over the expected price.
• Amazon publicly blamed so-called third-party sellers for price increases while continuing to allow third-party sellers to increase their prices.
• Amazon publicly blamed so-called third-party sellers for price increases while continuing to allow third-party sellers to increase their prices.
Congress is trying to ram through reauthorization of the #PatriotAct and #FISA surveillance. These mass spying programs haven’t saved any lives, but they HAVE been used to crack down on protesters and political dissent.
Here’s a short history …
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saveinternetprivacy.org
Here’s a short history …
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saveinternetprivacy.org
The first wiretaps were used to spy on a cop-turned-bootlegger in the 20’s. The public loved him for defying unjust Prohibition laws, and he never used violence against the public or the police. But the federal government wanted to make an example.
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newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
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newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
By the 30’s, the federal government was using wiretaps to spy on political activists, helping corporations prevent workers from unionizing in protest against unsafe working conditions and economic exploitation.
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smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-…
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smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-…
