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Amazon Faces Internal Probe Over Public Comments on Data Center Regulation

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Amazon Faces Internal Probe Over Public Comments on Data Center Regulation
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Three Amazon software engineers in Seattle say they’re under internal investigation for discussing data-center regulation outside of work. They filed a complaint with Seattle’s Office for Civil Rights alleging retaliation for expressing their political beliefs. Amazon says the probe concerns whether the comments were made in their capacity as Amazonians, not as private citizens, and has no current plan to fire them. The case unfolds as Seattle recently enacted a one-year moratorium on new data centers to craft new rules.

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  1. 3 Amazon Workers Say They’re Under Investigation for Speaking Out About Data Centers  WIRED
  2. Amazon investigating engineers who criticized AI data center expansion  CNBC
  3. Amazon Workers Say Data Center Testimony Prompted Interrogation  Bloomberg.com
  4. Amazon employees say they were interrogated over data center comments  The Seattle Times
  5. Amazon Retaliated Against Workers Who Supported Regulating Data Centers, Complaint Says  The New York Times

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