Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos crumpled under questioning at the hands of Rep. Matt Gaetz during Wednesday's tech antitrust hearing.
The company relies on the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Southern Poverty Law Center to determine any charities that are ineligible for Amazon Smile, which includes groups that promote hate, terrorism, intolerance, or violence. The groups mentioned by Gaetz promote a range of hateful ideologies, including anti-Semitism and anti-LGBTQ rights, according to the SPLC. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos folded under questioning from Rep. Matt Gaetz during Wednesday's tech antitrust hearing.
Amazon says it does not allow customers to donate to organizations that "engage in, support, encourage, or promote intolerance, hate, terrorism, violence, money laundering, or other illegal activities."
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This headline is completely misleading click bait. Then the article goes on to justify why donations are block. Feels like the first half was written by a Gaetz staffer and then the second half by a journalist.
What part of this is “crumpling” under pressure? 🤔
SPLC = Soviet Poverty Lie Center
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