{"id":10475,"date":"2023-06-21T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/21\/amazon-duped-millions-into-enrolling-in-prime-us-regulator-says-in-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:37:19","slug":"amazon-duped-millions-into-enrolling-in-prime-us-regulator-says-in-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/21\/amazon-duped-millions-into-enrolling-in-prime-us-regulator-says-in-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon duped millions into enrolling in Prime, US regulator says in lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Trade Commission alleges Bezos firm used \u2018manipulative and deceptive user-interface designs to trick consumers\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The US Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its paid subscription program, Amazon Prime, and making it hard for them to cancel.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC, the US agency charged with consumer protection, filed a federal lawsuit in Seattle, where Amazon is headquartered, alleging that the tech behemoth \u201c knowingly duped millions of consumers into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/21\/amazon-sued-prime-cancel-ftc\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a03ec83cccfe70a6207b72d3b9df6cb47fc91be2\/277_0_5625_3375\/master\/5625.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=333f987ceebe34ff26c4bc093e825cd0\" title=\"Amazon duped millions into enrolling in Prime, US regulator says in lawsuit\" \/>Federal Trade Commission alleges Bezos firm used \u2018manipulative and deceptive user-interface designs to trick consumers\u2019<br \/>\nThe US Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its paid subscription program, Amazon Prime, and making it hard for them to cancel.<br \/>\nThe FTC, the US agency charged with consumer protection, filed a federal lawsuit in Seattle, where Amazon is headquartered, alleging that the tech behemoth \u201c knowingly duped millions of consumers into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Trade Commission alleges Bezos firm used \u2018manipulative and deceptive user-interface designs to trick consumers\u2019 The US Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its paid subscription program, Amazon Prime, and making it hard for them to cancel. The FTC, the US agency &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/21\/amazon-duped-millions-into-enrolling-in-prime-us-regulator-says-in-lawsuit\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amazon duped millions into enrolling in Prime, US regulator says in lawsuit<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10475"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}