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Hundreds of Amazon staff heap pressure on bosses to ditch Breitbart News | |
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Nearly 600 Amazon employees are reportedly heaping pressure on their top bosses to cut ties with ultra-right-wing website Breitbart News. | |
Last month staff at the online retail giant sent an email to chief executive Jeff Bezos and senior vice president Jeff Blackburn with the heading: “Amazon Must Stop Advertising on Breitbart News”, according to CNBC. | |
The message reportedly included a petition opposing Amazon’s advertising on Breitbart, with 564 signatures. | |
It believed to have alluded to a confrontation that took place between a member of staff and Mr Blackburn about advertising on a site claimed “regularly publishes hateful and bigoted content”. | |
“What is it going to take for us to stop advertising on Breitbart News?” the employee reportedly asked. | |
Amazon is not believed to have a direct relationship with Breitbart but it does select the exchanges through which it buys ads, which implies that it would have a degree of control over how they are targeted. | |
Pressure on Amazon to stop advertising on Breitbart has intensified since the US presidential election in November. | |
A petition on campaigning website SumofUs calling for Amazon to ditch Breitbart News has garnered more than 500,000 signatures. | |
Amazon did not immediately respond to The Independent’s requests for comment on the letter. | Amazon did not immediately respond to The Independent’s requests for comment on the letter. |
Breitbart News was founded by conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart in 2007 and was later expanded by senior Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon. | Breitbart News was founded by conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart in 2007 and was later expanded by senior Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon. |
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