Inside Amazon's Brutal Business Practices and How They Became 'Too Toxic to Touch'

In May 2020, seven members of the House Judiciary's antitrust subcommittee sent a letter to then-Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, sparked by a report that Amazon staff misused third-party sellers' confidential data to create competing products. This report contradicts previous sworn statements from Amazon's general counsel, suggesting the possibility of false testimony. This incident led to Bezos' first testimony in Congress. Dana Mattioli, the journalist who originally wrote the story, had recently begun covering Amazon, intrigued by its deep involvement in American commerce. Four years later, Mattioli published “The Everything War,” a book that delves into the rise of Amazon, its lobbying and the growing opposition to its practices. In a recent interview, she discussed the difficulties of investigating Amazon, its political maneuverings, its challenges under the Biden administration, and speculated about Amazon's preferred 2025 presidential candidate.

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