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  "id": 4700258,
  "title": "FTC and 22 states sue Amazon over alleged secret ad surcharge scheme",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ftc-and-22-states-sue-amazon-over-alleged-secret-ad-surcharge-scheme",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T19:22:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
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    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-22-states-sue-amazon-alleged-ad-scheme/"
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  "summary": "Regulators allege that sellers and brands were overcharged by tens of billions of dollars through secretly inflated ad prices.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}