Over the past couple of years, it’s grown increasingly clear that Amazon, contrary to official statements otherwise, consistently snoops on third-party sellers’ private data in order to rip off rivals’ products. Not only that, but the Big Tech giant often manipulates search results to boost its own cloned wares to consumers in an effort to overtake the competition. After months of stonewalling Congress on this issue, it seems that lawmakers have finally had enough.
Earlier today, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary filed a letter to the Attorney General’s office urging the AG to open an investigation into Amazon’s shady, potentially illegal business practices.
