Amazon Faces Trial Over Allegations of Deceptive Prime Enrollment Practices
TL;DR
Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle claims by the FTC that it misled customers into signing up for Prime and made cancellations difficult, marking one of the largest settlements in FTC history, with $1 billion in penalties and $1.5 billion in customer payouts.
- Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Prime Membership Settlement The New York Times
- Trial to decide whether Amazon tricked customers into signing up for Prime starts today CNN
- Amazon faces off against FTC over 'deceptive' Prime program CNBC
- Amazon faces trial this week over whether it duped people into enrolling in Prime membership CBS News
- A jury will look at whether Amazon tricked customers into joining Prime -- and made it hard to leave PBS
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