Amazon accused of rigging ad auctions to inflate prices in new suit filed by FTC and 22 states
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alongside a bipartisan coalition of 22 states filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing Amazon of secretly rigging online ad auctions. According to the legal action, the e-commerce giant artificially manipulated pricing mechanisms, resulting in billions of dollars in overcharges for more than a million advertising customers.
The complaint targets Amazon's practices on its e-commerce platform, where it utilizes internal auctions to set advertising rates. Authorities allege that these manipulations deliberately inflated ad prices for businesses utilizing the marketplace.
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