The e-commerce behemoth said its PAC would suspend all “contributions to any member of Congress who voted to override the results of the US presidential election” in a statement on Monday, with spokeswoman Jodi Seth calling the votes an “unacceptable attempt to undermine a legitimate democratic process.” “We intend to …
Read More »Parler goes offline as Amazon pulls the plug on the conservative social network
On Monday morning, at 3am EST, Parler, the social networking site popular among American conservatives, was taken offline after Amazon pulled support, claiming the site was hosting allowing “threats of violence” in the wake of a deadly riot at the US Capitol. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Read More »Parler CEO denounces ‘coordinated attack’ by Big Tech as Amazon prepares to pull plug on its servers
While the conservative-friendly social media company hopes to move to a new hosting provider soon, it acknowledged that its options are “limited” due to a “coordinated effort” designed and timed to “inflict the most damage,” according Matze. Earlier on Saturday, Apple followed Google’s steps to purge Parler from its App …
Read More »Democrat Senator wants govt. to investigate Amazon’s ‘invasive’ fitness tracker, which records user and asks for NUDES
An unassuming-looking gray wristband, Amazon’s Halo collects such intimate personal data that it “just cries out for some kind of rules and regulations in place,” Klobuchar told TechCrunch in an interview published on Friday. “Between the HHS [Department of Health and Human Services] and the Federal Trade Commission, they’ve got …
Read More »Amazon pulls ANOTHER book of Covid-19 dissident Berenson – and turns his title into a bestseller
First the paperback and then the electronic edition of “Unreported Truths about Covid-19 and Lockdowns – Part 3: Masks” were removed from Amazon on Tuesday, Berenson revealed in a series of tweets that same day. The book attempts to debunk the hypothesis, favored by most governments but apparently lacking convincing scientific …
Read More »‘We are in a truly Orwellian culture’: Amazon yanks Covid-19 skeptic’s book for ominously vague ’content violations’
After selling a respectable 3,500 copies over the last two months, Perloff’s book on the coronavirus pandemic and its weaponization by world governments, ‘Covid-19 and the Agendas to Come: Red-Pilled,’ was suddenly “banned” by Amazon.com, the writer revealed on Twitter on Thursday. Perloff spoke to RT on Friday about the platform’s …
Read More »Portland passes unprecedented ban on facial recognition tech, despite $24,000 Amazon lobbying effort to kill initiative
The Portland City Council adopted the ban in the form of two separate ordinances on Wednesday. The first will block all city agencies, including the police, from using the tech, while the other prohibits private organizations from deploying facial recognition devices in public places. Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler has hailed …
Read More »Not interested in bringing Alexa into your house? That’s OK, Amazon’s working with your LANDLORD now
The e-commerce giant announced Alexa for Residential on Thursday, describing it as a feature “that makes having an Alexa-enabled home accessible for anyone, regardless of whether they rent or own their home.” Tenants can link up their own Amazon account, but if they don’t have one, no problem – they’ll …
Read More »Amazon seeks intelligence analysts to track down ‘labor organizing threats,’ calls job listings a mistake after backlash
The two job listings said the company was in search of new intel analysts for its Global Intelligence Program, both of which were to be based in the Phoenix, Arizona area. One of the employees would be tasked with tracking “sensitive topics that are highly confidential, including labor organizing threats …
Read More »The Russian “quantum” phone for ₽30 million was a prototype on Amazon for $200
In Russia introduced a phone with quantum encryption for 30 million rubles, which guarantees absolutely secure communication and protection from third party access. But reporters soon found a very similar device on Amazon for a much more modest cost. The manufacturer however was able to explain the difference. In late …
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