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  "id": 4884962,
  "title": "Amazon’s ad auction surcharges secretly bilked brands of billions, FTC alleges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/amazons-ad-auction-surcharges-secretly-bilked-brands-of-billions-ftc",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:06:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Retail Dive",
    "slug": "retail-dive",
    "url": "https://www.retaildive.com/news/amazon-hid-surcharges-ad-auctions-alleges-ftc-complaint/829294/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Internal documents indicate Amazon knew its practices could damage advertiser trust, but Amazon says the FTC doesn’t understand the business.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "FTC sues Amazon for manipulating ad auction prices, seeking $20 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/ftc-sues-amazon-for-manipulating-ad-auction-prices-seeking-20-billion",
        "published": "2026-08-31T21:11:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}