The European Commission and the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority said they’re concerned it could squeeze competitors out of the market for ads on publisher websites and apps.
In its lawsuit challenging the loss of a lucrative cloud contract to rival Microsoft, Amazon.com asked a court yesterday for permission to question President Trump and Pentagon officials as it seeks evidence to show political interference in the contract, which was awarded in October.
Amazon.com wants a federal court to block rival Microsoft from working on the cloud project until a lawsuit challenging the contract’s validity is resolved. Amazon contends its own Amazon Web Services cloud business is better equipped to handle the contract.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court and made public yesterday, Amazon.com contends that the Pentagon, under pressure from President Trump, ignored Amazon’s “superior technology” and unfairly awarded a cloud procurement contract worth up to $10 billion to rival Microsoft.
As Amazon challenges the Pentagon’s awarding a cloud contract valued at up to $10 billion to rival Microsoft, it’s out to defend its expertise in the competitive world of federal procurement contracts. And it must prove that President Trump meddled.
The rejection of the appeal lets hourly workers at Amazon.com’s Nevada warehouses file claims for compensation for time spent in required security searches, which Amazon conducts as part of an anti-theft policy.
The companies had good reason to up their influence game: They face a so-called techlash of greater congressional and regulatory scrutiny after repeated privacy breaches and disclosures that Russia used social media platforms to distribute propaganda meant to influence the 2016 presidential election.
