Epic Forced To Pay $520 Million Fine over Fortnite Privacy and Dark Patterns

Fortnite-maker Epic Games has agreed to pay a massive $520 million fine in settlements with the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly illegally gathering data from children and deploying dark patterns techniques to manipulate users into making unwanted in-game purchases. The fines mark a major regulatory win for the Biden administration’s progressive-minded FTC, who, up until Read more about Epic Forced To Pay $520 Million Fine over Fortnite Privacy and Dark Patterns[…]