California Attorney General sued Amazon this week, accusing the company of uncompetitive behavior and steelings with third party merchants. If successful, the AG could join a slew of international governments who have levied heavy fines on tech companies. South Korea, Ireland, and the EU have fined meta and Google recently, sometimes for billions of dollars.
It’s a big week on the Hill for tech companies. Kara and Scott discuss the testimonies of TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas and Twitter whistleblower, “Mudge.” Also, California’s Attorney General sued Amazon, Patagonia’s founder is giving the company away to help fight the climate crisis, and Kara's fired up about Link Rot. Plus, you'll want to stick around for our spiciest listener question yet.
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