If an individual sentient human being was doing something like this, we'd be in jail.
But a large multi-national corporation with deep connections to various US Government agencies and departments - including the CIA and the military - they just get to shut down with what amounts to a dollar-ed slap on the wrist:
On the surface, this might seem good, right?
"Consumers lose when corporate giants like Amazon fix prices to increase their profits," Ferguson said. "Amazon unreasonably restrained competition in order to maximise its own profits off third-party sales. This conduct constituted unlawful price-fixing."
This is the failing part -
To settle the investigation, Amazon has agreed to shut down the "Sold by Amazon" program nationwide and provide the Attorney General's Office with annual updates on its compliance with antitrust laws.
Amazon will also pay $2.25 million to the Attorney General's Office that will be used to support its antitrust enforcement which does not receive general fund support.
What - no charges? No trial? No verdict? No jail time? Lot's of press.
Zero substance, and absolutely no accountability - or justice.
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