The company will pay Standard fine It is worth $275 million for violating a children’s privacy law and will adopt strict default settings to protect its children Children’s privacy.
The Federal Trade Commission said the company will also pay $245 million to reimburse consumers deceived by what is known as a fraud. "dark patterns" to make purchases they did not intend to make.
FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement "Epic used privacy-invasive default settings and deceptive user interfaces that trapped Fortnite users, including teens and children.".
The announcement comes as the federal agency begins to play a larger role in censorship gaming industryLast week, it announced a complaint once morest Mr Microsoft regarding its $69 billion bid to acquire the company Activision for video games.
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The company will pay Standard fine It is worth $275 million for violating a children’s privacy law and will adopt strict default settings to protect its children Children’s privacy.
The Federal Trade Commission said the company will also pay $245 million to reimburse consumers who were deceived by what is known as a “”dark patternsto make purchases they did not intend to make.
“Epic used privacy-invasive default settings and deceptive user interfaces that misled Fortnite users, including teens and children,” FTC Chair Lena Khan said in a statement.
The announcement comes as the federal agency begins to play a larger role in censorship gaming industryLast week, it announced a complaint once morest Mr Microsoft regarding its $69 billion bid to acquire the company Activision for video games.
