{"id":11693,"date":"2023-09-27T02:37:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/a-threat-to-amazon-and-a-test-of-the-ftc-is-this-big-techs-antitrust-reckoning\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T02:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T00:37:32","slug":"a-threat-to-amazon-and-a-test-of-the-ftc-is-this-big-techs-antitrust-reckoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/a-threat-to-amazon-and-a-test-of-the-ftc-is-this-big-techs-antitrust-reckoning\/","title":{"rendered":"A threat to Amazon and a test of the FTC: is this big tech\u2019s antitrust reckoning?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the core of the case is whether the company used its position to disadvantage rivals and the power of the agency to rein in tech firms<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission, along with the attorneys general from 17 states, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/sep\/26\/amazon-ftc-price-inflation-lawsuit\">accused<\/a> Amazon in a major antitrust lawsuit of illegally shutting out competition to become one of the world\u2019s most powerful companies.<\/p>\n<p>The landmark case presents a significant threat to Amazon\u2019s dominance in the online retail industry, and a major test of antitrust law and the FTC\u2019s power.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/sep\/26\/amazon-antitrust-lawsuit-analysis-big-tech\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46f6d1c93b3f5a91644a2adcb90350bf182dd931\/0_160_2526_1516\/master\/2526.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3bf80c6f1ca436abc737fdb492831b6f\" title=\"A threat to Amazon and a test of the FTC: is this big tech\u2019s antitrust reckoning?\" \/>At the core of the case is whether the company used its position to disadvantage rivals and the power of the agency to rein in tech firms<br \/>\nThe Federal Trade Commission, along with the attorneys general from 17 states, have accused Amazon in a major antitrust lawsuit of illegally shutting out competition to become one of the world\u2019s most powerful companies.<br \/>\nThe landmark case presents a significant threat to Amazon\u2019s dominance in the online retail industry, and a major test of antitrust law and the FTC\u2019s power. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the core of the case is whether the company used its position to disadvantage rivals and the power of the agency to rein in tech firms The Federal Trade Commission, along with the attorneys general from 17 states, have accused Amazon in a major antitrust lawsuit of illegally shutting out competition to become one &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/27\/a-threat-to-amazon-and-a-test-of-the-ftc-is-this-big-techs-antitrust-reckoning\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A threat to Amazon and a test of the FTC: is this big tech\u2019s antitrust reckoning?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11694,"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\/11693"}],"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=11693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}