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Amazon should be forced to list in India and raise local capital, use local tech, follow the laws of the country.
— Anand Lunia (@anandlunia) February 17, 2021
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
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:
— Kawaljit Singh Bedi (@kawaljit) February 17, 2021
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
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.
— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) February 17, 2021
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
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....
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) February 17, 2021
Hoo boy, let’s talk about the rest of the world.
Featuring Mishi Choudhary, @chinmayiarun, & @evelyndouek https://t.co/v7q721uFVc
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."
— Kontra (@counternotions) February 17, 2021
NOW: Amazon: "We're standing up to Indian regulations for ourselves."
(The receipts.) https://t.co/zflp7sw9AY