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Leaked doc sheds light on “Veritas”, an Amazon FC Ambassador program conceived in 2018 that sought to train employees to defend Amazon and Bezos on social media

Amazon's small Twitter army of “ambassadors” was quietly conceived in 2018 under the codename “Veritas,” …

The Intercept Ken Klippenstein

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  • @kenklippenstein Ken Klippenstein on x
    Amazon's paid Twitter army was handpicked for their “great sense of humor” under a program codenamed “Veritas,” internal company documents leaked to me reveal: https://theintercept.com/...
  • @bradlander Brad Lander on x
    When we fought Amazon in NYC because we thought they were invested in undermining democracy, we really had no idea just how accurate we were. https://theintercept.com/...
  • @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x
    Incredible, if not at all surprising. @amazon has been using handpicked employees to defend the company on Twitter, but told NOT to respond to us about why they're the last large company advertising on Breitbart. They've been ignoring us on this for over 4 years. https://twitter.…
  • @timjsully @timjsully on x
    Amazon didn't even really try with this one lol https://twitter.com/...
  • @erikhinton Erik Hinton on x
    This totally real Amazon employee has a totally real profile image and is not at all a GAN composite. https://twitter.com/...
  • @kyweise Karen Weise on x
    Amazon just told me that the Darla account in particular is fake and they have reported it to Twitter. FWIW, “her” tweets are posted via the Twitter Web App, and Amazon's other FC tweets are typically posted via Sprinklr https://twitter.com/...
  • @schwarz Jon Schwarz on x
    If you work for Amazon please text @kenklippenstein at 202-510-1268 especially the inevitable memos with titles such as “Nine Brutal Ways to Stop These Leaks to Ken Klippenstein” https://theintercept.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @nixcraft @nixcraft on x
    I thought a strong band like Amazon wouldn't hire bots to fight, but I guess I was wrong. If I were Jeff Bezos, instead of doing all this shady stuff, I would quietly raise warehouse workers' salaries. ‘Fake’ Amazon workers defend company on Twitter https://www.bbc.com/...
  • @evan_greer Evan Greer on x
    Amazon is basically a nation state https://www.bbc.com/...
  • @arictoler Aric Toler on x
    Sorry to be a bummer but this AmazonFCDarla account (and most all of the new Amazon worker accounts) is just some shitposter with obvious bait, not an actual Amazon employee. “Real” Amazon troll accounts don't use Gmail. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
  • @jason_koebler Jason Koebler on x
    The Amazon Ambassador situation on Twitter is a complete mess: Some are real accounts, others are parodies, others are trolls, all are muddying the water https://www.vice.com/...
  • @emanuelmaiberg @emanuelmaiberg on x
    the parody amazon ambassador accounts are almost indistinguishable from the authentic sycophancy of the “real” amazon ambassador accounts and twitter is suspending both https://www.vice.com/...
  • @motherboard @motherboard on x
    If your goal is to find out what it's actually like to work at Amazon, the “authentic” Amazon ambassador accounts are a joke as well. https://www.vice.com/...
  • @laurenkgurley Lauren Kaori Gurley on x
    Twitter seems to be v confused about the revival of Amazon FC ambassador accounts that have been tweeting in defense of the Amazon. at least 1 account was suspended, then reinstated, then suspended again. Others have been banned for impersonation. https://www.vice.com/...
  • @parismarx @parismarx on x
    Did Amazon fire its tweeters? https://twitter.com/...