The Federal Trade Commission, joined by a bipartisan coalition of more than 20 state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com on August 31, 2026. The suit alleges that the e-commerce giant manipulated advertising prices on its retail platform by secretly raising minimum costs for product ads. According to the regulators, this deceptive practice allowed Amazon.com to reap tens of billions of dollars over a seven-year period.
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