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ARTICLE · 26 JUNE 2023

FTC Primes For Fight Against Amazon

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The Federal Trade Commission announced that it filed a complaint against Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online

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The Federal Trade Commission announced that it filed a complaint against Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail giant used dark patterns to trick consumers into enrolling in auto-renewing Prime subscriptions and knowingly complicated the cancellation process for Prime subscribers.

The (heavily redacted) complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, asserts violations of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act ("ROSCA"), describing a years-long effort to enroll Prime subscribers without their consent and then prevent them from canceling their subscriptions.

According to the FTC, Amazon used manipulative, coercive and deceptive user-interface designs known as "dark patterns" in its Prime enrollment flows, including: (i) forcing consumers to choose whether to enroll in Prime before allowing them to complete a purchase; (ii) revealing the terms and conditions of Prime only once during the purchase

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Originally published by the New York Legal Ethics Reporter

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