Growing scrutiny
Regulators around the world are examining Amazon’s business practices, specifically the way it looks at information from businesses that sell goods on its site and uses it to create its own Amazon-branded products. Bezos said at a hearing before Congress last summer that even though Amazon had a policy preventing employees from accessing seller data, he couldn t guarantee that the policy wasn t being violated.
Tech giants have enjoyed light-touch regulation and star status for decades in Washington, but calls for greater scrutiny have been growing. The U.S. government has slapped two Big Tech companies – Google and Facebook – with antitrust lawsuits.