Federal Trial Begins: Amazon Faces Accusations of Prime Membership ‘Trickery’
Federal Trial Begins: Amazon Faces Accusations of Prime Membership ‘Trickery’ A high-profile federal trial has commenced in Seattle today, pitting Amazon against the U.S. government over allegations that the tech giant ‘tricked’ consumers into signing up for its lucrative Prime subscription service and made cancellations purposefully difficult. The lawsuit, brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), accuses Amazon of violating consumer-protection and competition laws through the use of what regulators term ‘dark patterns’. The FTC’s complaint details how Amazon allegedly…