The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on its way to file an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon as early as Tuesday, Reuters reported. Politico first revealed the news.
FTC Looks Into Dominating Tech Companies
Big tech companies such as Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook, has been under investigation by FTC after complaints of market abuse resurfaced. Once the FTC lawsuit against Amazon moves, this will be FTC's fourth swipe at the company.
Bloomberg reported that the lawsuit will be focusing on Amazon's pricing policies, Prime, Amazon's push to use their logistic and advertising services, and more. Amazon has been advertising Prime membership as a more efficient way of online shopping.
Reuters reported that FTC has already sent a draft complaint, which means that the lawsuit is near to be filed. However, FTC declined to address the news.
FTC v Amazon
Last May, Amazon was sued twice for the way the company handles children's data and privacy and the illegal spying using Ring doorbells and cameras. Amazon paid $30.8 million to settle the suit.
In June, a case was filed after Amazon allegedly forces its consumers to sign up for Prime subscription and deliberately making the cancellation process difficult. This case is still ongoing.
Early this week, three Amazon executives were added as defendants. It was reported that the executives ignored pleas from employees to stop using such techniques. As of writing, Amazon is still contesting the allegations.
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