How FTC's $20B Amazon Suit May Shake Up Ad Enforcement

By Gonzalo Mon ( September 17, 2026, 3:18 PM EDT) -- The Federal Trade Commission, joined by 22 state attorneys general, recently filed a sweeping lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., alleging that the e-commerce giant secretly manipulated its advertising auction system to extract more than $20 billion from approximately 1.2 million advertisers over a six-year period. Texas filed a separate lawsuit based on the same fact pattern....

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