FTC Order Requires Epic Games to Pay $245 Million for Unauthorized Charges

The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order requiring Fortnite developer Epic Games to pay $245 million in fines for using "dark patterns" to trick players into making unwanted or unauthorized charges. Fortnite employed "counterintuitive, inconsistent, and confusing button configuration" that duped players into making unwanted charges with the press of a single button, according to an FTC press release.

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