Amazon has sent a warning to merchants about the potential consequences of congressional antitrust legislation.
Amazon is expressing concerns about a slew of bills making their way through Congress, telling a group of firms who sell on Amazon’s marketplace that the proposed legislation might harm them. According to CNBC, the firms were advised to contact Amazon policy specialists to learn more. “We are concerned that they could potentially have significant negative effects on small and medium-sized businesses like yours that sell in our store,” the company reportedly said in the emails. The emails come as big technology companies face increasing antitrust regulation on many fronts,…