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David Cicilline: “But the difference is Amazon is a $1 trillion company that runs an online platform with real-time data on millions of…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2019
But the difference is Amazon is a $1 trillion company that runs an online platform with real-time data on millions of purchases and billions in commerce and can manipulate algorithms on its platform and favor its own product.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline highlights Amazon's market power and potential conflicts of interest.

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