Amazon Boosted Junk Ads, Deleted Messages to Thwart Antitrust Probe, FTC Says
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Amazon.com Inc. doubled the number of junk ads to boost profits and deleted internal communications to thwart a federal antitrust probe, according to fresh details released by the US Federal Trade Commission in a less redacted complaint against the online retail giant Thursday. Amazon's founder and former Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos personally ordered executives to accept more ads, even ones the company had internally labeled as “defects,” indicating they weren't relevant to user searches, according to the new version of the complaint. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. The FTC alleges that Amazon's increased use of ads boosts profits while it harms sellers and consumers, making it harder for shoppers to find products they are searching for. “We'd be crazy not to” in...