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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Bruce Golding

Washington Post subscriber sues news outlet, accuses it of using ‘surveillance pricing’ to gouge readers

A Washington Post reader has sued the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper, accusing it of spying on its own subscribers to jack up their subscription prices.

Chelsea Blink’s class action complaint alleges that The Post began "covertly harvesting" data from its subscribers' phones, computers and tablets after the billionaire Amazon founder bought it for $250 million in 2013.

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