Amazon is suing the Consumer Product Safety Commission
... for finding Amazon responsible for notifying buyers of product recalls.
The agency had ordered Amazon to notify the buyers of over 400,000 recalled items and to give refunds in exchange for proof the products wer
The independent federal agency ordered Amazon in January to take several actions, including notifying customers who bought more than 400,000 items covered by recalls and giving refunds to those who could prove the products were properly disposed of or destroyed.
The order followed the commission's unanimous determination last summer that Amazon was a “distributor” of faulty items sold on its website by third-party sellers and shipped through the company’s fulfillment service.
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Amazon said in its lawsuit that it issued previous recall notices and some refunds shortly after the CPSC raised safety concerns several years ago. The company argues the commission is an “unconstitutionally structured agency” that overstepped its authority with the new directive.
I'm not a lawyer or well versed in product safety, so I'm not sure what exactly the situation is in regards to legality. but I can say, Amazon's wording here looks REALLY similar to DOGE messaging (and as this article points out, SpaceX has filed a similar lawsuit against CPSC).










