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Mark Wilson

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

An iPhone on a yellow background showing the Amazon Prime landing page

If you've ever accidentally signed up for Amazon Prime or found the subscription tricky to cancel, you're not alone – and now the retail giant is getting sued for what the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is calling “manipulative, coercive or deceptive” tactics.

The FTC, which is the US consumer rights watchdog, has sued Amazon over the retailer's website design, which it claims has both “duped millions of consumers” into signing up for Prime and made the cancelation process "knowingly complicated".

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