FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions

Ars Technica
By Jon BrodkinSep 1, 2026, 1:51 pm126 pts
The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon yesterday, alleging that it has conducted a secret scheme to overcharge advertisers for seven years. "Since 2019, Amazon.com, Inc. has secretly and systematically overcharged its approximately 1.2 million advertising customers by manipulating the 'auctions'…

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