FTC brings a $520 million hammer down on Epic Games for Fortnite complaints

Ars Technica
By Kyle OrlandDec 19, 2022, 11:16 am163 pts
Enlarge / Artist's conception of the FTC standing over a pile of Epic Games fines. Epic Games will pay over half a billion dollars to settle two FTC complaints regarding the company's use of children's private information and its use of "dark patterns" to encourage accidental in-game purchases. The…

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