MGM Holdings, acquired by Amazon, gave the tech giant control over one of the most valuable film and television libraries in the world. With titles spanning from James Bond to Rocky, Amazon now uses MGM’s catalog to strengthen Prime Video’s dominance and keep audiences locked into its ecosystem. Every subscription and stream feeds revenue back to a corporation built on worker exploitation, surveillance technology, and political complicity.
Amazon is rated High Impact because its harms are systemic and interlocking.
Environmental Harm: Delivery fleets, aviation cargo, and data centers generate massive emissions and plastic waste, while public pledges mask lobbying against climate regulation.
Human Rights Violations: Workers face surveillance, injury-level quotas, and unsafe delivery speeds. Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere face wage theft and coercion.
Military & Conflict Complicity: AWS is central to surveillance states. Project Nimbus embeds Amazon in Israel’s occupation and war crimes, supplying AI and data services to its military and government.
The result: consumer spending that powers a machine which entrenches inequality, accelerates climate collapse, and sustains state violence worldwide.