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Amazon sued over 'deceptive' Prime subscription tactics – here's what it means

Amazon has been sued by the FTC in the US for 'deceptive' tactics around Prime sign-ups and cancelations – here's why.

TechRadar

Prime reason to sue Amazon for catching customers in its web

A high profile lawsuit against e-commerce giant Amazon over so-called “dark patterns” will be familiar to regulators in Australia.

The New Daily

Everything to know about the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard hearing that starts today

A slew of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard executives will try to defend Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal for the gaming company in court this week.

Fortune

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Microsoft, U.S. regulators head to court over $69 billion deal that could reshape video gaming

Microsoft on Thursday will try to gain clearance to complete a $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard in a legal showdown with U.S. regulators that will reshape a pastime that’s bigger than the movie and music industries combined

The Independent UK

Amazon duped millions into enrolling in Prime, US regulator says in lawsuit

Federal Trade Commission alleges Jeff Bezos firm used ‘manipulative and deceptive user-interface designs to trick consumers’

The Guardian - US

FTC Files Suit Against Amazon

Amazon knowingly "duped millions of consumers" into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime,” FTC says in a legal action that could impact the streaming business

TV Tech

Amazon Sued by FTC for ‘Duping Millions of Customers’ Into Prime

The Federal Trade Commission says Amazon has used ‘manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions’

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It Takes 6 Clicks To Cancel Amazon Prime and the FTC's New Lawsuit Says That's Too Many

The ideal number of clicks to cancel an online subscription may be four or five instead of six, but we don't need government to make that decision.

Reason

FTC sues Amazon for 'unfairly charging' consumers with Prime memberships

The FTC is suing Amazon over its confusing checkout experience which unfairly ropes consumers into a Prime membership without consent.

Android Central

FTC sues Amazon for 'tricking and trapping' people in Prime subscriptions

Federal regulators say Amazon uses manipulative techniques to enroll shoppers into Prime memberships that are purposefully hard to cancel.

WEKU

As FTC sues Amazon over Prime, Lina Khan says it 'tricked and trapped people into recurring subscriptions without their consent'

Khan noted that Amazon “revamped its Prime cancellation process for at least some subscribers shortly before the filing of this Complaint.”

Fortune

FTC accuses Amazon of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel

The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions

The Independent UK

Sony says it would withhold PS6 information from Activision if the Microsoft deal goes through

Sony won't share new console with a studio owned by its rival

GamesRadar

Here's where the Microsoft-Activision deal stands around the world

With a handy map!

PC Gamer

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Tribune News Service

Microsoft, Activision CEOs to defend $69 billion deal in fight with FTC

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Activision Blizzard Inc. CEO Bobby Kotick will be in court this week to try to persuade a federal judge in California to reject the Federal Trade Commission’s effort to block their $69 billion deal.

Reason

FTC Chair Lina Khan Ignored Ethics Official's Advice About Meta Case, Then Said She Didn't

Plus: RIP Daniel Ellsberg, the Pioneers of Capitalism, and more...

WEKU

A 3-hour phone call that brought her to tears: Imposter scams cost Americans billions

Imposter scams are top U.S. fraud now: Con artists are using new technology to get real time information plus voice cloning and caller ID spoofing to make it even harder to tell truth from fiction.

Kiplinger

Employer Non-compete Clauses Are Likely Illegal, Per NLRB: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Following the FTC's proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements in the workplace, the NLRB could possibly rule that such agreements violate federal law.

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Salon

Google profits off fake abortion clinics

"Google is a willing participant and supporter of the fake clinic industry," according to a new report

Tribune News Service

Lina Khan rejected FTC ethics recommendation to recuse in Meta case

The Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan declined to recuse herself from an FTC case against Meta Platforms Inc., despite the advice of the agency’s top ethics official, according to internal agency documents.

Los Angeles Times

How Biden and Taylor Swift beat Ticketmaster

WASHINGTON — Ticketmaster, the country’s largest ticket seller, will begin disclosing fees up front after angry Taylor Swift fans demanded change and the Federal Trade Commission proposed new regulations.

TechRadar

US injunction temporarily blocks Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition leading up court battle

A US government anti-trust watchdog has issued a legal injunction, temporarily blocking Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Tribune News Service

Amazon’s Alexa defends company honor while jabbing rivals

Ask Amazon.com Inc.’s digital assistant, “Hey, Alexa, is Amazon a monopoly?’ and it will profess ignorance.

Sports Illustrated

New Draft NIL Legislation Includes Athlete Restrictions, Health Care and Booster Collectives

In an obtained working draft of legislation from two senators, Tommy Tuberville (R., Ala.) and Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), lawmakers address name, image and likeliness, granting the NCAA great authority.

Reason

'I Did Everything Right and They Indicted Me,' Says Defiant Trump in Post-Arraignment Speech

Plus: The FTC takes on Microsoft, RIP Cormac McCarthy, and more...

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