A lawsuit filed by the FTC and 22 state attorneys general on Monday accuses Amazon of making advertisers pay more than necessary.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026 – 12:35 am
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A Big Tech platform is being sued by the federal government for allegedly manipulating ad auctions. And this time, it isn’t Google. It’s Amazon.
A lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 22 state attorneys general on Monday accuses Amazon of making advertisers pay more than necessary for retail media ads purchased in the platform’s second-price auctions.
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