{
  "id": 4898336,
  "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-4898336",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-01T13:46:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marketing Dive",
    "slug": "marketing-dive",
    "url": "https://www.marketingdive.com/news/amazon-hid-surcharges-on-ad-auctions-alleges-ftc-complaint/829274/"
  },
  "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}