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Flaming hoverboard could change how Amazon does business By David Lazarus - Los Angeles Times A toy hoverboard that burst into flames and “severely burned” a California woman has resulted in a major product-liability ruling against Amazon. Should Amazon, which accounts for roughly half of all online sales, be legally and financially responsible for the safety of products sold on the site, including those offered by third parties? Amazon says no. A trio of state Court of Appeal justices in Los Angeles this week said otherwise. “We are persuaded that Amazon’s own business practices mak...

Print Should Amazon, which accounts for roughly half of all online sales, be legally and financially responsible for the safety of products sold on the site, including those offered by third parties? Amazon says no. A trio of state Court of Appeal justices in Los Angeles this week said otherwise. “We are persuaded that Amazon’s own business practices make it a direct link in the vertical chain of distribution under California’s strict liability doctrine,” the justices ruled, rejecting Amazon’s claim that its site is merely a platform connecting buyers and sellers. Advertisement Bot...

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SHARES by Bari Weiss Do your eyes gloss over when you see the words “Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act”? Mine do.   Yet the subject of Big Tech’s might — Should Facebook have the power to ban a president? Should Amazon have the power to ban the sale of a controversial book? Should Twitter have the power to permanently bar a user over a single tweet? And if not, what should the government be doing about it? — is both fascinating and incredibly important.   I don’t think there is a group left in America who is happy about the power that companies like Facebook and Twit...