TECH - Jeff Bezos And Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Accused Of Deleting Chats Amid Antitrust Probe: 'The FTC's Contentions Are Baseless' | Benzinga
The Federal Trade Commission or FTC has accused top executives at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) including founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy of deleting text messages that could have been used as evidence in the ongoing antitrust investigation.
What Happened: In a court filing on Thursday, FTC alleged that Bezos and Jassy used the encrypted messaging platform Signal to communicate between April 2019 and May 2022. The messages were set to disappear, effectively erasing potential evidence for the FTC’s antitrust case against Amazon, the agency said, reported Bloomberg.
Other executives who communicated via Signal include David Zapolsky, Amazon’s top lawyer; Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s retail czar until 2021; and Dave Clark, a logistics executive who left in 2022 after Bezos handed the reins to Jassy.
The FTC’s ...