Amazon Sued for Allegedly Manipulating Ad Auctions, Overcharging $20B
21 attorneys general with the FTC sued Amazon, alleging it secretly manipulated its ad-pricing system and overcharged advertisers more than $20 billion. The filing says fake second-place bids in 2018 helped inflate prices, harming 1.2 million advertisers, including hundreds of thousands of small and mid-sized businesses, and violating New York’s FAIR Business Practices Act and other laws.