From FreeBeacon.com…
Amazon is pressuring third-party sellers to lobby against a bill that would increase their sales and make it harder for the retail giant to dominate its online marketplace.
Part of a bipartisan legislative package, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act would prohibit Amazon from promoting its own versions of products over other, similar products available on its platform.
But in emails to third-party sellers, Amazon claims the legislation would make it impossible to sustain a marketplace, essentially threatening to boot hundreds of thousands of sellers from the platform.
The company requests sellers sign up for email updates that will give them “opportunities to communicate directly” with lawmakers.
