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Amazon, Google Probed by FTC Over Search Advertising Practices


The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington. The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. ’s Google misled advertisers that place ads on their websites, according to people familiar with the matter. The investigations, which are being conducted by the agency’s consumer protection unit, focus on whether the companies properly disclosed the terms and pricing for ads,saidthe people, who asked not to be named discussing a confidential matter.

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