Tech & Science Daily: Amazon investigated over selling practices

Plus, more awareness needed of medical cannabis?
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Rachelle Abbott6 July 2022

Amazon is being investigated over concerns some of its selling practices might lead to customers getting a ‘worse deal’.

The Competitions and Markets Authority is looking into whether Amazon is distorting competition by giving an unfair advantage to its own retail business or sellers, compared with other third-party sellers on its UK Marketplace.

Amazon said it will “work closely with the CMA during their investigation” and that sales from its partners continue to grow faster than Amazon’s retail sales.

New data shows about half of people in the UK don’t know that medical cannabis is available in the UK for those with things like chronic pain and anxiety.

We hear from Dr Simon Erridge from Sapphire Medical Clinics who said there needs to be more awareness that products are available, because evidence shows medical cannabis can be quite effective.

The NSPCC has warned of a ‘tsunami of online child abuse’ as the number of grooming crimes has risen by more than 80% in four years.

Hannah Ruschen, the NSPCC’s Senior Policy Officer, told us the upcoming Online Safety Bill needs to be amended so that Ofcom has more powers to proactively tackle abuse in private messaging

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