FTC's Amazon Investigation Reportedly Widens to Include Its Web Services

The agency is looking into potential antitrust violations

The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly expanding its investigation into Amazon to include its cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services.

That’s according to Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter. Amazon declined Adweek’s request for comment. A spokesperson for the FTC said the agency does not “comment on or confirm the existence of investigations.”

According to Bloomberg, the FTC has been talking to software companies about AWS, which indicates it is looking more broadly at potential antitrust violations. AWS,

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