Epic Games, the maker of the popular video game Fortnite, has agreed to pay $520 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that company violated online child privacy laws and tricked players to making unintentional purchases. Under the settlement, Epic will pay a $275 million penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and $245 million in refunds to players who were allegedly tricked into making purchases through design tricks.
Read the article: The Washington Post
