FTC v. Amazon

Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc. is a lawsuit brought against the multinational technology company and online retailer Amazon in 2023.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), joined by the attorneys general of seventeen U.S. states, alleges that Amazon holds and abuses an online retail monopoly.

[1][2] Amazon is a multinational technology company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 as a bookseller that has since become the world's largest online retailer.

Will Oremus of the Washington Post noted that the actual case was much more tempered than the arguments put forth by Khan in her article.

[5] The case, filed in the U.S. state of Washington, alleges that Amazon took part in a number of anti-competitive practices.