Canada investigates Amazon’s pricing and reviews; no wrongdoing found yet.

Canada’s Competition Bureau is probing Amazon over its marketplace pricing policies and marketing practices, examining whether its fair pricing rules harm competition or if its use of reviews misleads consumers. No wrongdoing has been found. Amazon denies any issues and says it combats fake reviews with technology. The probes follow past settlements, including a $1.1 million penalty in 2017 and a $2.5 billion U.S. FTC deal, though the latter doesn’t impact Canada. The bureau urges the public to report suspected fake reviews.