data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/tag/amazon” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/tag/amazon”>Amazon is set to pay a historic $2.5 billion fine in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agency had alleged that the tech giant data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/internet/ftc-is-suing-amazon-for-making-prime-subscriptions-tough-to-cancel-heres-that-could-mean-for-you” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/internet/ftc-is-suing-amazon-for-making-prime-subscriptions-tough-to-cancel-heres-that-could-mean-for-you”>tricked customers into signing up for Amazon Prime and then made it confusing to cancel.
According to the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/ftc-secures-historic-25-billion-settlement-against-amazon” data-url=”https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/09/ftc-secures-historic-25-billion-settlement-against-amazon” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>FTC, the $2.5 billion settlement will be split into two different pools. Amazon will have to pay $1 billion in civil penalties — the second largest fine in FTC history.
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The other $1.5 billion will be be paid to Amazon customers who were enrolled in…
