FTC Finalizes Order Making Fortnite Dev Pay $245 Million In Refunds
[UPDATE] The Federal Trade Commission announced today, March 14, that it has finalized its order for Epic Games to pay $245 million to settle claims that Epic «used dark patterns to trick players into making unwanted purchases and let children rack up unauthorized charges without any parental involvement.»
The Commission voted 4-0 to approve the order, which was first announced in December 2022.
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The millions will be used for refunds to customers. Those believing they are due a refund can visit FTC.gov/Fortnite to get more information on the refund process.
The original story is below.
Fortnite developer Epic Games has agreed to pay $520 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in multiple ways. The FTC claims that Epic illegally collected personal information from Fortnite players under the age of 13 without parental consent, enabled voice and text chat by default, and exposed teens to «dangerous and psychologically traumatizing issues such as suicide.»
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
As the Wall Street Journal reports, $275 million of that total is a civil penalty for the COPPA violations, which is the largest in the law's history.
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