Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is asking the Justice Department to open a criminal antitrust investigation into Amazon.com, citing claims made in a recent news report that the online retail giant has engaged in “predatory and exclusionary data practices to build and maintain a monopoly.”
The Wall Street Journal reported on April 23 that Amazon was using data from third-party sellers to develop competing products, contrary to the company’s own policies. The newspaper cited 20 former employees of Amazon’s private-label business and documents it reviewed that allegedly revealed such practices.
