Amazon, Google probed by FTC over search advertising practices
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, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing a confidential matter. The FTC probes mark a new front in regulatory scrutiny of Google and Amazon even as top technology firms’ executives try to win over President Donald Trump. Judges overseeing two Justice Department cases against Google have already found the company has illegal mono ...