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Amazon Agrees to $2.5 Billion Settlement Over Deceptive Prime Sign-Ups, Refunds for Millions

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Amazon has reached a landmark $2.5 billion settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that it misled consumers into enrolling in its Prime service and made cancellation unduly difficult. Under terms of the settlement, $1 billion will be paid as a civil penalty, while $1.5 billion will be distributed to affected Prime […]