Amazon should be forced to list in India and raise local capital, use local tech, follow the laws of the country.
That is the only way to capture tech and monetary wealth creation.
We have celebrated the landgrab as 'FDI' for too long. https://t.co/nlZCXfOfX6

— Anand Lunia (@anandlunia) February 17, 2021

For years @CAITIndia has been maintaining that #Amazon has been circumventing FDI laws of India to conduct unfair and unethical trade. Now @ReutersIndia @adityakalra investigation reveals the truth and we stand vindicated. We demand serious action now. @PiyushGoyal @DIPPGOI https://t.co/6t283fNJxA

— Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) (@CAITIndia) February 17, 2021

Special Report: Amazon documents reveal company's secret strategy to dodge India's regulators https://t.co/QqDriduPyc —I reckon Amazon would be kaput in India for this part alone! pic.twitter.com/n88n1YoxZN

— Karthik (@beastoftraal) February 17, 2021

Really damaging information for Amazon India:

Two more sellers on the e-commerce giant’s India platform – merchants in which Amazon had indirect equity stakes – accounted for around 35% of the platform’s sales revenue in early 2019.https://t.co/8R5DbNuJFD

— Kawaljit Singh Bedi (@kawaljit) February 17, 2021

Reuters Investigation: Amazon has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers in India, publicly misrepresented its ties with the sellers and used them to circumvent tough foreign investment rules, company documents show https://t.co/D24dg6eWu3

— Aditya Kalra (@adityakalra) February 17, 2021

Staggering story by @adityakalra who dug into a trove of internal Amazon docs to flesh out how the company was operating in India.

Together, they provide a look inside a cat-and-mouse game Amazon has played with India’s regulators for years - at the cost of smaller retailers. https://t.co/XYFofpFfaw

— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) February 17, 2021

Internal Amazon documents show how the company has given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform and used them to get around government restrictions meant to protect mom-and-pop retailers https://t.co/JG3PDPBkiX by @adityakalra via @specialreports pic.twitter.com/ila4X9KWTC

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 17, 2021

Amazon maneuvered around rules meant to protect India's small retailers from getting crushed by e-commerce giants, company documents show. As one internal presentation urged: 'Test the Boundaries of what is allowed by law https://t.co/aTuORQjLct pic.twitter.com/h7Cv16Qays

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 17, 2021

In today's On Tech: If you think the debate about online expression is tricky in the U.S....

Hoo boy, let’s talk about the rest of the world.

Featuring Mishi Choudhary, @chinmayiarun, & @evelyndouek https://t.co/v7q721uFVc

— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) February 17, 2021

Special Report: Amazon documents reveal company's secret strategy to dodge India's regulators | Reuters https://t.co/zkKJFHZ9HC

— Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह (@umashankarsingh) February 17, 2021

THEN: Facebook: "We're standing up to Apple for small businesses."

NOW: Amazon: "We're standing up to Indian regulations for ourselves."

(The receipts.) https://t.co/zflp7sw9AY

— Kontra (@counternotions) February 17, 2021