Amazon.com will pay $2.5 billion in fines and payments to Prime subscribers to settle a FTC case alleging they signed users up for the subscription without their consent.
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Amazon trial begins on FTC claims it duped Prime subscribers
The FCC says Amazon duped tens of millions of Prime customers by signing them up without consent and locking them in with overly complex cancellation methods.
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Amazon violated online shopper protection law, judge rules ahead of Prime signup trial
Amazon violated consumer protection law by gathering Prime subscribers’ billing information before disclosing the service’s terms.
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Live Nation, Ticketmaster joined with ticket brokers to exploit fans, US says
The FTC accused Live Nation and Ticketmaster of costing fans millions of dollars by tacitly allowing ticket brokers to scoop concert tickets and sell them to at a significant markup.
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US FTC probes Google, Amazon over search advertising practices, source says
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com and Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites.
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FTC drops case over Microsoft’s $69-billion Activision Blizzard deal
The FTC lost an appeal on May 7 seeking to reverse a judge’s decision declining to block the deal, which closed in 2023.
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