Pointing to recent news reports on how Amazon advantages its own products over third-party items, a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday questioned whether the tech giant had committed perjury
New York, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Oct, 2021 ) :Pointing to recent news reports on how Amazon advantages its own products over third-party items, a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday questioned whether the tech giant had committed perjury.
Amazon has long insisted that its platform is agnostic, not favoring company-made goods over those provided by other sellers.
But lawmakers with the House Judiciary Committee cited recent accounts that Amazon-made products were listed above third-party items with higher consumer ratings; and that Amazon made use of proprietary data from third parties to market copycat goods.
A letter from the group questioned whether officials with the tech giant had perjured themselves in prior statements to the committee.
Amazon defended its past statements, disputing the accuracy of the news reports and saying "we design our search experience to feature the items customers will want to purchase, regardless of whether they are offered by Amazon or one of our selling partners," according to a company spokesperson.
The back-and-forth comes as tech giants face greater attention from Washington in the wake of meteoric growth has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.
The letter, signed by New York Democratic Representative Jerrold...
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