A lawsuit leftover from the Biden administration is kicking off this week with the Federal Trade Commission suing Amazon over the tech giant's Prime subscription program. The trial is supposed to take place over the next month.

In 2023, an FTC press release claimed that Amazon tricked millions into signing up for a Prime membership and then made it extremely tough to cancel that subscription.

"Amazon tricked and trapped people into recurring subscriptions without their consent, not only frustrating users but also costing them significant money,” former FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said in the release.

Once subscribed, the FTC argues that Amazon deliberately made it harder to unsubscribe because clearer language would lead to immediate drops in subscribers.

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