Amazon failed to implement strong oversight of third-party sellers selling thousands of unsafe or restricted products on its platform, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The newspaper investigated the products listed on the e-commerce giant’s platform and found that more than 4,000 have misleading labels or have been declared unsafe by federal regulators.
A number of toys and medications without warnings about safety and health risks to children are for sale on Amazon’s site. It appears that the company lost control of its platform and turned into a huge online “flea market,” according to the newspaper.
In response to the report, the e-commerce giant changed the product description or removed most of the problematic listing on its site.
Amazon invested millions of dollars to protect customers and stop bad actors
In a blog post, Amazon emphasized that its “top priority” is “safety.” Its sophisticated tools prevent third party-sellers from listing products that do not comply with laws and regulations.
