US Federal Trade Commission sends out the first wave of $72 million in refunds to Fortnite players that Epic used ‘dark patterns to trick’
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached agreements with Epic Games in 2022 following years of legal wrangling that will eventually see the videogame publisher pay a total of $520 million in penalties and refunds. The allegations were that Fortnite violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and used dark patterns (UI design tricks…