FTC sues Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime sign-up and cancellation process

ronjor · Jun 21, 2023

Annie Palmer@in/annierpalmer/@annierpalmer Published Wed, Jun 21 2023

The FTC on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and intentionally complicated the the cancellation process.
The agency claims Amazon used so-called “dark patterns” to steer users to enroll in Prime without their consent.
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stapp · Jun 29, 2023

FTC Chair Lina Khan gets ready to take fight against Amazon to a new level

The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a major antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of "leverag[ing] its power to reward online merchants that use its logistics services and punish those who don't," Bloomberg reported today. Bloomberg described the forthcoming lawsuit as "the big one," following several earlier lawsuits filed by the FTC under Chair Lina Khan.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...ajor-lawsuit-targeting-amazons-core-business/

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