FTC accuses Amazon executives of erasing messages in antitrust case

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission accused Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos and other top executives of using disappearing-message apps such as Signal to conceal potential evidence in the agency...

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