The company will pay Normal well Worth $275 million for violating the Children’s Privacy Act and will adopt strict defaults to protect its children Children’s privacy.
The Federal Trade Commission said the company will also pay $245 million to reimburse consumers misled by what is known as fraud. "dark models" make purchases they didn’t intend to make.
FTC chairman Lina Khan said in a statement "Epic used privacy-invasive default settings and deceptive user interfaces that trapped Fortnite users, including teenagers and children.".
The announcement comes as the federal agency begins to play a bigger role in censorship gaming industryLast week, she announced a lawsuit against Mr Microsoft regarding its $69 billion offer to acquire the company activision for video games.
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The company will pay Normal well Worth $275 million for violating the Children’s Privacy Act and will adopt strict defaults to protect its children Children’s privacy.
The Federal Trade Commission said the company would also pay $245 million to repay consumers who were duped by what it’s known as “”dark modelsmake purchases they didn’t intend to make.
“Epic used privacy-invasive default settings and deceptive user interfaces that misled Fortnite users, including teenagers and children,” FTC Chair Lena Khan said in a statement.
The announcement comes as the federal agency begins to play a bigger role in censorship gaming industryLast week, she announced a lawsuit against Mr Microsoft regarding its $69 billion offer to acquire the company activision for video games.
