A U.S. judge in Seattle has rejected Amazon's request to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit. The lawsuit accuses Amazon of enrolling consumers into its paid Amazon Prime service without consent and making it complicated to unsubscribe. Amazon's bid to dismiss the suit alleging manipulation and coercion was unsuccessful.
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A US judge rejected Amazon’s bid to get an FTC lawsuit that accused the company of enrolling consumers into its Amazon Prime service without consent, tossed. Amazon said that the FTC’s claims are false on facts and the law https://t.co/YBaYS9fzqQ https://t.co/VseLVz9ilm
Amazon lost a bid to dismiss a suit brought by the FTC alleging it tricked, manipulated, and coerced consumers into subscribing to Amazon Prime. https://t.co/0CYowJZwRB
A federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (#FTC) accusing retail giant #Amazon Inc. of tricking users into signing up for Prime memberships and then making it overly complicated for them to unsubscribe. https://t.co/kfbT2MzndO
Federal Judge Denies Amazon's Request to Dismiss FTC Lawsuit on Prime Subscriptions https://t.co/dszWNUXrMD
$AMZN FTC troubles: - A U.S. judge in Seattle on Tuesday rejected Amazon's request to dismiss a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that accuses the company of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid Amazon Prime service without their consent. - Attorneys for Amazon had…