Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle federal claims it misled Prime members

As part of the settlement, Amazon will pay $1.5 billion in refunds to customers, who could receive $51 each from the payout.

Fight over online age verification playing out in Ohio Statehouse, federal agencies and courts

Ohio lawmakers are wrestling over how to keep kids from seeing what they shouldn’t online, the Ohio Capital Journal reports.

Prime cut: Amazon settles $2.5B federal trade case

Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it ...
Yahoo

Amazon to pay $2.5 billion in Federal Trade Commission settlement. Here's how to get a refund

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion after reaching a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday over its Prime services. The lawsuit against the e-commerce company was initially filed by ...
The Harvard Crimson

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan Urges Democrats to Rethink Federal Agency Function at IOP Forum

Lina Khan, the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, said Democrats must respond to Department of Government ...

Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial

The U.S. government says Amazon manipulated people into signing up for Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to ...

Federal workers endure financial strain and fear layoffs as the government shutdown drags on

Federal workers furloughed or working without pay are feeling the financial squeeze and fear being swept up in the Trump ...