Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over the company’s Prime subscriptions.

The FTC alleged that Amazon made it too difficult for users to cancel and enrolled some without their consent. As a result of the settlement, Amazon is required to pay $1 billion in civil penalties, provide another $1.5 billion in refunds to consumers harmed by the company’s Prime enrollment practices, and cease unlawful enrollment and cancellation practices for Prime.

An estimated 35 million customers were harmed by Amazon’s “deceptive Prime enrollment practices,” according to the FTC.

The settlement was the largest civil penalty in a case involving an FTC rule violation, and the second-highest restitution award obtained by the FTC.

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