I asked Amazon how it was using the data obtained from Facebook, and whether it used it to make connections like the one described by Santiago. The answer was underwhelming.

Facebook users globally spend over one billion hours daily on Facebook. By contrast, in December 2017, consumers spent 22 billion minutes on the Amazon platform.

SAN FRANCISCO — On Amazon, customer comments can help a product surge in popularity. The online retail giant says that more than 99 percent of its reviews are legitimate because they are written ...

A screenshot of a Facebook group where Amazon reviews are bought and sold. Membership in this particular group stands at more than 82,000 as of December 13, 2018.

We love our Facebook friends, Google searches and Amazon sprees, but a growing group - from consumers to politicians on the left and right - worry.

Amazon said Tuesday it has sued the administrators of more than 11,000 Facebook groups allegedly responsible for facilitating the purchase and sale of fake reviews on Amazon’s marketplace in ...

The Amazon and Facebook arguments are shot through with absurdities, though that doesn’t mean that federal judges might not find in the companies’ favor if the issue reaches their courtrooms.

That’s still a far cry from Facebook’s Q1 2020 advertising revenue of $17.4 billion, but Amazon’s year-over-year advertising growth has been around the 40% range for the past five quarters ...

Amazon debuted new Facebook integration today, allowing users to read reviews written by their social media friends, see what items they have on "wish lists," and a few other features.

Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon face potential antitrust crackdown 03:36. Shares of Google, Facebook and Amazon slumped following reports that U.S. regulators plan to investigate the companies ...

In a private Facebook group, Amazon fulfillment center workers have been bracing for Prime Day, the annual shopping event where consumers can snag Black Friday-like bargains on millions of items.

In statements, Facebook, Google and Amazon said they had no immediate plans to revise their policies. Andrew Jacobs is a health and science reporter, based in New York.