Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised
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A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon's motion to dismiss lawsuit.

Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised | A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss lawsuit::A West Virginia judge largely denied Amazon’s motion to dismiss lawsuit.

  • phx@lemmy.caEnglish
    901·
    1 year ago

    Honestly, people have been ringing warning bells for a while regarding how Amazon facilitates illegal behavior, including:

    • Products like this whose purpose is obviously got illegal purposes and even described as such

    • Counterfeit/knockoff goods

    • Unsafe and/or not adhering to legal regulations in the country which they are being sold (sometimes often faking the certification logos)

    As somebody who has dealt with the latter two, I hope this lawsuit puts on enough hurt and/or spawns similar suits so that Amazon cleans their shit up. It’s enough advantage that they don’t need to stock local stores without them being able to constantly thumb their nose at the regulations actual B&M stores need to adhere to

    • Pxtl@lemmy.caEnglish
      711·
      1 year ago

      Yes. I’m quite tired of hearing “it’s not our fault that toys full of lead were sold on our storefront and stored, fulfilled, and shipped from our warehouse in boxes bearing our logo! When we said that we ‘recommend’ the product, we meant, like, algorithmically, not for realsies. We had nothing to do with these products! It’s all XGZDoo, a company we kicked off the store. And now would you like to buy any products from XGZDee, our latest new seller?”.

      • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        Pretending to be just a middle man does help these marketplaces, delivery and taxi apps. Wonder if they could be as profitable if they couldn’t make these claims. It seems being in a legal gray zone is their business model and iirc Amazon’s delivery is subcontracted to third parties on a paper too.

    • FiskFisk33@startrek.websiteEnglish
      281·
      1 year ago

      my favourite is negative ion “health” products, that actually do produce negative ions, because they are laced with radioactive thorium…

        • Pirasp@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Even relatively small amounts of radiation can be problematic when in prolonged direct skin contact. The worst are the ones, that just have thorium oxide powder sprinkled on them tho. Only slightly radioactive, sure, but when ingested that can quickly cause serious harm!

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      Yep, health/beauty products, jewellery, and childrens toys are a big concern. A lot of people think they’re all the same and just buy the cheapest one

      and then there’s stuff used for food prep…

    • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I used Amazon to get a chemical that was illegal in Canada, but not America, and was sold on Amazon.ca, but delivered from the States.

      That was a glorious day.

    • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Reminds me of when I got an Instagram ad for an oil filter that was literally just a suppressor. Not even “ooh it’s not really a suppressor it’s just a solvent trap” nah it was a full length baffled suppressor.

        • AlexWIWA@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          It was like $70. And they definitely weren’t serialized. It was an ad for some random Amazon seller. Then a month later I got the same ad, but for Temu instead.

          I definitely didn’t click on it though. I didn’t feel like ending up on a list.