When the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced it had settled its “dark patterns” lawsuit against Amazon last month, leaders at the antitrust and consumer protection watchdog celebrated. “Today, we ...

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According to the FTC, Amazon manipulated consumers into signing up for Prime membership without their consent and also made it difficult to cancel subscriptions. Three days into a trial in a Seattle ...

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Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime. The settlement ...

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle claims by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it used dark patterns to trick millions of users into enrolling in its Prime program and made it as ...

Have you ever found it impossible to find the “unsubscribe” button? Maybe you’ve accidentally opted into “accepting all cookies?” Then you may have fallen for a "dark pattern." Dark patterns are at ...

(RTTNews) - Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is being sued by the Federal Trade Commission in a Seattle courtroom for allegedly deceiving customers into becoming Prime members and making it difficult for them ...

The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited trial against Amazon begins this week, with the e-commerce giant’s cancellation practices under the microscope. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 under the Biden ...

Amazon knows that "millions" of people who enrolled in Amazon Prime did so accidentally, and that the cancellation process involves a "labyrinthian mechanism" that thwarts subscribers' attempts to end ...

Tech titan Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) closed just under $230 on Tuesday evening, extending an 8% gain since the first week of August. The broader uptrend since April remains firmly intact, with shares ...