Japan joins the US and EU as it looks to regulate big tech firms’ global dominance and promote fair competition https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-looks-to-join-big-tech-antitrust-probe-2020-10
U.S. House’s antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms: lawmaker https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-houses-antitrust-report-hints-at-break-up-of-big-tech-firms-lawmaker-idUSKBN26R0EK
Privacy, civil rights groups demand transparency from Amazon on election data breaches https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/519056-privacy-civil-rights-groups-demand-transparency-from-amazon-on-election
Soon You Can Ask Alexa to Forget Everything You Ever Said https://gizmodo.com/soon-you-can-ask-alexa-to-forget-everything-you-ever-sa-1845170033
Ring’s latest security camera is a drone that flies around inside your house https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21453709/ring-always-home-cam-indoor-drone-security-camera-price-specs-features-amazon
Amazon will launch a new location-tracking mesh network system later this year https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/21/21448926/amazon-sidewalk-ring-echo-tile-wifi-mesh-ble-location-tracking
Amazon’s Fight for Facial Recognition https://medium.com/@WantUTechier/amazons-fight-for-facial-recognition-6cca419237c3
Why Do Alexa and Google Home Want Your Data? https://paranoid.com/articles/why-do-alexa-and-google-home-want-your-data/
Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s board of directors https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/9/21429635/amazon-keith-alexander-board-of-directors-nsa-cyber-command
Amazon Spent $24,000 To Kill Portland’s Facial Recognition Ban https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5p9z3/amazon-spent-dollar24000-to-kill-portlands-facial-recognition-ban
Inside Amazon’s Secret Program to Spy On Workers’ Private Facebook Groups https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3azegw/amazon-is-spying-on-its-workers-in-closed-facebook-groups-internal-reports-show
Amazon’s Vector power smart meter deal puts ‘how you live your life’ on web giant’s servers https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-07/amazon-will-soon-see-inside-millions-of-aussie-homes/12582776
Amazon Wants Alexa to Move Into Your Apartment Before You Do https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj45kx/amazon-wants-alexa-to-move-into-your-apartment-before-you-do
‘We Are Watched to Prevent Mass Resistance’: Amazon Workers Discuss Being Spied On https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/dyz9px/we-are-watched-to-prevent-mass-resistance-amazon-workers-discuss-being-spied-on
Amazon deletes job listings for analysts to track ‘labor organizing threats’ following public outcry https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/01/amazon-seeks-intelligence-analyst-to-track-labor-organizing-threats.html