The lawsuit cites repeated checkout overcharges, failed inspections and pricing controls that regulators say did not adequately protect consumers
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Mamdani urges New Yorkers to report businesses that make subscription cancellations difficult under the city’s new consumer protection rule.
Amazon and Walmart AI can detect false “Made in USA” claims but fail to alert shoppers, raising consumer protection concerns.
The European Union fined AliExpress $629 million under Digital Services Act for unstoped sale of illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced “click-to-cancel,” aiming to help consumers end subscriptions and eliminate junk fees.
Amazon begins issuing refunds from a $2.5 billion FTC settlement over misleading Prime sign-ups and cancellations.
Australia’s competition regulator ACCC has sued Microsoft, alleging the company misled 2.7 million customers into paying higher prices for Microsoft 365 plans bundled with AI tool Copilot.
Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive “dark patterns” to mislead customers into Prime subscriptions and made cancellations difficult.