2026-02-20
We all knew that Amazon Ring's “Search Party” feature wouldn't stop at looking for dogs. In leaked emails, its founder talks about using it to search our sidewalks for *anyone* - that's a constitution-defying power that no corporation should have. — www.404media.co/leaked-email...
New York Times
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is on an apology tour to quell an outcry over privacy concerns after Ring's Super Bowl Search Party ad, calling it a “perfect storm”
2026-02-19
We all knew that Amazon Ring's “Search Party” feature wouldn't stop at looking for dogs. In leaked emails, its founder talks about using it to search our sidewalks for *anyone* - that's a constitution-defying power that no corporation should have. — www.404media.co/leaked-email...
New York Times
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is on an apology tour to quell an outcry over privacy concerns after Ring's Super Bowl Search Party ad, calling it a “perfect storm”
Since the commercial aired, Jamie Siminoff has been trying to quell an outcry over privacy concerns with his doorbell cameras.
2024-12-05
Is same-day delivery really worth the human toll of pushing workers so hard that over 100,000 them will get injured this holiday season? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...
New York Times
A look at the fulfillment networks of Amazon, Walmart, and Target for same-day or next-day delivery; Walmart says it now offers same-day to 86% of US households
Retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target have figured out that if they get you your online order today, you will probably spend more tomorrow.
2023-05-27
In 2019, Amazon manufactured a wave of self promotion as a climate champion, promising zero carbon deliveries by 2030. Until Amazon quietly deleted the announcement from their website and added 10 yrs to the deadline. Story @alistairmbarr #PrimePollution https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... [image]
Insider
Amazon backs out of its pledge to make 50% of its shipments net-zero carbon by 2030 and says it plans to reach net-zero carbon across all its operations by 2040
- Amazon scrapped its Shipment Zero initiative, which was announced a few years ago. — The company is rolling the goal into a broader Climate Pledge.
2022-12-11
Not only is Amazon firing tens of thousands of workers right before the holiday - It's also yanking back job offers it already gave out to workers. https://www.vox.com/...
Vox
Layoffs and rescinded job offers are threatening Amazon's reputation in the tech job market, where it was already facing challenges, per a leaked June 2022 memo
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2021-08-19
Small businesses have already spoken about being preyed upon by Amazon, and have joined @RisingSmallBiz to SUPPORT antimonopoly measures moving through Congress. https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
Amazon is emailing some third-party merchants warning them that Congress' proposed antitrust reforms could limit their ability to sell on Amazon
2020-04-12
It's taken multiple strikes + 314 workers at 111 facilities being diagnosed with #coronavirus for @Amazon to begin to move in the right direction. Let's keep the pressure on! ✊#protectamazonworkers #weareathena https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
A look at the evolving safety precautions at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, and how changes are driven primarily by worker pressure
Early Tuesday, March 24th, Barbara Chandler drove from her home in Queens to the Staten Island Amazon warehouse where she'd worked for three years.