Amazon antitrust investigation showed that the company similarly labeled the ABA’s motion to intervene as “procedurally and substantively deficient,” asserting that it seeks to introduce new issues and arguments that diverge from the current complaint, causing inconsistent arguments.
In their April motion to compel, the FTC and states said Amazon tightly controls employee communications, requiring detailed six-page memos instead of PowerPoint decks and restricting discussions on sensitive topics, including competition. They highlighted “ample evidence suggesting that spoliation occurred,” noting that Amazon’s legal team admitted since April 2019, executives, including Bezos, primarily used Signal instead of email for communication.
Amazon Antitrust Investigation Arguments
Amazon in its anti trust investigation trial argued that executives began using Signal as a “secure and informal means of short-form messaging” after Bezos’s phone was hacked in 2018 by agents of a foreign government. Amazon maintained that using Signal was an appropriate response to the hacking incident, as secure messaging applications are widely used for their security advantages.
