Amazon is shutting down its charity program amid massive companywide layoffs, claiming its 'ability to have an impact was often spread too thin'

"After almost a decade, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped," Amazon wrote in a Wednesday email to customers.
Ars Technica

Amazon ad verification program buys access to your phone’s soul for $2 a month

Amazon has gotten flak for how it handles user and partner data, but that hasn’t stopped it from launching a program that openly pays to stalk opt-in participants’ smartphone traffic. The ...
Engadget

One of Amazon's seller programs has been found to be unlawful

Following an investigation into its Sold By Amazon program, Amazon has agreed to pay the office of Washington State's attorney general office $2.25 million and provide annual updates on its compliance ...
ZDNet

Amazon shuts down 'Sold by Amazon' program to appease price-fixing probe

Amazon is shutting down its "Sold by Amazon" program to settle a price-fixing investigation conducted by the Washington Attorney-General Bob Ferguson that accused the company of acting anticompetitive ...
TechCrunch

Amazon ends charity donation program AmazonSmile

Just a few days after announcing a significant round of layoffs that will impact 18,000 employees, Amazon is trying to find money wherever it can as the company announced that it would end AmazonSmile ...