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US FTC alleges bad-faith discovery tactics by Amazon in 'dark patterns' case

By Maria Dinzeo ( April 30, 2025, 19:45 GMT | Insight) -- At a hearing in the US Federal Trade Commission’s “dark patterns” case against Amazon, the two sides clashed over what the FTC said was a massive, last-minute document dump by the tech giant. The agency now plans to seek sanctions, alleging bad-faith privilege abuse.Lawyers for Amazon and the US Federal Trade Commission offered vastly disparate opinions on a long-running dispute over Amazon’s production of documents in the government’s case accusing the tech giant of using “dark patterns” to gain and retain Prime customers....

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