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Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon - A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards. (arstechnica.com)

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Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon - A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.::A documentary shows how easy it is to bypass Amazon's buying and selling safeguards.

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not like Amazon has a category for "bottled urine." Was it left up after it was flagged?

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

You could read the article, it was a drink.

with very few checks and balances in place to ensure the product he’s selling is safe and legal. “Releasing the drink was surprisingly easy,” Butler told WIRED. “I thought that the food and drinks licensing would stop me from listing it, so I started it out in this Refillable Pump Dispenser category. Then the algorithm moved it into drinks.”

It's almost like people expect that the things for sale are legal and safe, without first having people get harmed and having to report it.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I did read it. My point is that it's not like Amazon specifically supported this. Someone could pull this same stunt on eBay; would eBay then come under identical fire?

[-] HorseWithNoName@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

They just did for selling those coal rolling kits. I don't see why this would be any different. They're facilitating the sale. It's their platform. They have a responsibility to the people who use it, as well as a responsibility to treat their workers like human beings.

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