Epic payment: Fortnite maker pays record $520m to settle FTC case

The owner of Fortnite is paying the FTC an Epic amount of cash after a pair of unanimous 4-0 decisions found it guilty of violating children’s privacy and tricking customers into making unwanted purchases. Under the settlements, Epic Games will pay $275 million to the FTC for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA, and $245 million that will go toward refunding customers fooled by “dark patterns”

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