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'Fake' Amazon ambassadors baited on Twitter
Source: BBC
'Fake' Amazon ambassadors baited on Twitter
16 August 2019
Amazon workers praising their working conditions on social media are being accused of lying by other users.
Twitter users are pointing to apparent inaccuracies and "robotic" or "scripted" language as evidence that employees are being "paid to lie".
A number of parody accounts have been set up mocking the tweets by the staff, who are called Amazon ambassadors.
Amazon told BBC News their ambassadors are members of staff who post their personal experiences on social media.
In a statement to BBC News, the company said: "Fulfilment centre (FC) ambassadors are employees who work in our FCs and share facts based on their personal experience.
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16 August 2019
Amazon workers praising their working conditions on social media are being accused of lying by other users.
Twitter users are pointing to apparent inaccuracies and "robotic" or "scripted" language as evidence that employees are being "paid to lie".
A number of parody accounts have been set up mocking the tweets by the staff, who are called Amazon ambassadors.
Amazon told BBC News their ambassadors are members of staff who post their personal experiences on social media.
In a statement to BBC News, the company said: "Fulfilment centre (FC) ambassadors are employees who work in our FCs and share facts based on their personal experience.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49372809
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