Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion
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Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in FTC Settlement Over Prime Misleading

Amazon has reached a settlement with the US competition authority FTC, which means that the e-commerce giant will pay a total of 2.5 billion dollars in compensation and fines.

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The company is accused of having misled customers into registering as members of the Prime service and then made it difficult to cancel the subscription.

The amount is divided into $1 billion in fines and $1.5 billion in compensation to customers, in total equivalent to approximately 24 billion kronor.

Amazon does not admit in the settlement that the company has done anything wrong.

Prime is partly a streaming service for movies and series, partly a way to get faster shipping and discounts from online shopping.

The FTC initiated an investigation into Amazon's subscription service in 2021 and sued the company in 2023.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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