Epic Games, owner of Fortnite, will pay US$520 million in settlement for failing to protect minors

By Staff Curto News / 19/12/2022 / 1 minute reading

Game producer Epic Games reached an agreement with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and will pay US$520 million in fines, in the process in which it is accused of not sufficiently protecting minors aged consumers of its main game, Fortnite.

Epic Games creator of the video game Fortnite, to pay a total of $520 million over FTC allegations Epic violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and deployed dark patterns to dupe millions of players into making unintentional purchases: https://t.co/yHaQx8VXlu
— FTC (@FTC) December 19, 2022

According to a statement published this Monday (19), US$275 million of the total agreed with the FTC corresponds to damages for collecting data from underage players and also for exposing this data to adults.

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The remaining US$245 million refers to purchases made by minors who did not know they were making a payment.

Source: AFP

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