A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at the Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California, on Aug. 31, 2021.
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It was late in the day on Oct. 27, 2021, when Fred Ruckel received the dreaded automated email from Amazon.
Amazon’s software had detected that Ruckel’s popular cat toy, called the