Amazon Skips Parliament Committee, Says "Experts Are Overseas"

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Amazon Skips Parliament Committee, Says "Experts Are Overseas"

New Delhi: Amazon has refused to appear before a joint parliament committee looking into the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, and this amounts to "breach of privilege of parliament", parliament sources told NDTV.



If Amazon does not appear before the panel on October 28, "coercive action will be initiated" against Amazon, sources said. The US e-commerce giant said their "subject matter experts are overseas" and cited travel risks due to which they cannot appear.

The committee, which is looking into the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, following concerns expressed by the Congress, had called all stakeholders, including Facebook and Twitter, to get an overview.

Top Facebook India officials appeared before the parliamentary panel today and were questioned for nearly two hours, parliament sources said. Facebook India was represented by its policy chief Ankhi Das and its business head Ajit Mohan.

The presentation of Twitter officials before the panel will take place on October 28, according to a notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

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