Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Elon Reeve MuskElon Musk calls for Amazon to be broken up: 'Monopolies are wrong!' Capitalism in orbit NASA, SpaceX and the private-public partnership that caused the flight of the Crew Dragon MORE is calling for Amazon to be broken up.
“Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong!” Musk tweeted.
Time to break up Amazon. Monopolies are wrong! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 4, 2020
Musk’s tweet was in response to former New York Times journalist Alex Berenson, who tweeted a screenshot showing that his upcoming book about COVID-19 doesn’t meet Amazon guidelines for sale.
Amazon later said that the book in question had been blocked in error and was now available in an e-reader edition for Amazon Kindle. Amazon said that the availability of the book was not due to Musk's tweet, according to Reuters.
Both Musk and Berenson have been critical of coronavirus-related shutdowns.
Berenson has suggested that the risks of serious illness or death are much lower than reported, especially for younger people.
Musk threatened to move his Tesla plant from California if the governor did not allow him to continue production.
The Department of Justice announced an antitrust review into tech companies in July 2019. In September, the House Judiciary Committee requested documents from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google’s parent company, Alphabet.
techiesmart on June 5th, 2020 at 03:57 UTC »
Musk’s tweet was in response to former New York Times journalist Alex Berenson, who tweeted a screenshot showing that his upcoming book about COVID-19 doesn’t meet Amazon guidelines for sale.
Roopa12 on June 5th, 2020 at 03:10 UTC »
Elon always has alternative motives, I bet he is going after Bezos because he is looking at the competition from Blue Origin.
shogi_x on June 5th, 2020 at 02:21 UTC »
I can never tell if Musk is doing too many drugs or not enough.