[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-ftc-and-22-states-sue-amazon-over-ad-overcharging":10,"sections":50},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":39,"tags":40,"sources":45,"feedback":49,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":49,"total_tokens":49},5941,"ftc-and-22-states-sue-amazon-over-ad-overcharging","FTC and 22 States Sue Amazon Over Ad Overcharging","A new lawsuit from the FTC and 22 states accuses Amazon of secretly overcharging advertisers since 2019, saying the deception continues today.","The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon over claims it secretly overcharged advertisers.\n\nThe lawsuit, filed jointly by the Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of 22 states, accuses Amazon of charging advertisers more than they were told they would pay, starting in 2019. The complaint says the company kept the practice hidden from the advertisers footing the bill. According to the filing, the alleged deception \"continues to this day,\" meaning regulators believe Amazon never stopped. The suit as reported does not specify a total dollar figure tied to the alleged overcharges.\n\nAmazon's ad business has become central to how the company makes money, well beyond fees on individual sales. That is exactly why pricing transparency matters here: a self-serve auction only works if advertisers can trust that the numbers they are bidding against are the real ones.\n\nAdvertisers will not get restitution just because a headline says \"secretly.\" That word is doing a lot of work until a court decides what Amazon actually disclosed, and when.","[\"amazon\",\"ftc\",\"advertising\",\"lawsuit\"]","2026-08-31T21:42:39.000Z","2026-08-31T22:36:46.775Z","2026-08-31T22:36:58.744Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Cut or attribute the unsourced context claims not found in the source material — the characterization of ad business as 'fastest-growing and most profitable' and 'major margin driver alongside AWS,' and the vague, unspecified reference to 'a stack of federal and state actions Amazon is already fighting' — since none of these are supported by the single-quote source provided.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Cut the unsourced closing claim that 'Amazon has spent years selling advertisers on trust and transparency in its marketplace' — this characterization of Amazon's marketing history isn't supported by the single-quote source and repeats the same unsourced-context problem as before.",{"id":35,"reviewer":36,"round":37,"reason":38,"status":29},"publisher-r3","publisher",3,"The dek and body characterize the alleged overcharging as roughly seven years (\"since 2019\" to today, 2026), but this timeline is stated without a cited source figure and the piece never reconciles or confirms the 2019 start date against the actual complaint, leaving a potentially unverified\u002Fincorrect fact as a core claim of the article.","policy",[41,42,43,44],"amazon","ftc","advertising","lawsuit",[46],{"name":47,"url":48},"Engadget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.engadget.com\u002F2248170\u002Famazon-is-sued-by-the-ftc-and-22-states-for-secretly-overcharging-advertisers-since-2019\u002F",0,{"sections":51},[52,57,62,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106,111,116],{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"AI","ai",3360,"2026-09-01T20:00:00.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Security","security",517,"2026-09-01T21:20:00.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":39,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Policy",260,"2026-09-01T18:19:26.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Hardware","hardware",151,"2026-09-01T14:42:22.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",95,"2026-08-18T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Science","science",91,"2026-08-20T10:01:48.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Startups","startups",52,"2026-08-25T18:55:12.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"General","general",34,"2026-09-01T13:28:43.000Z",{"name":112,"slug":113,"count":114,"latest_published_at":115},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":117,"slug":118,"count":119,"latest_published_at":120},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]