Epic payment: Fortnite maker pays record $520m to settle FTC case
are record breakers: The COPPA penalty is"the largest penalty ever obtained for violating an FTC rule," while the dark pattern payout"is the FTC's largest refund amount in a gaming case, and its largest administrative order in history."
In addition, the FTC claimed Epic's default enabling of live text and voice chat in Fortnite led to children and teenagers being"bullied, threatened, harassed, and exposed to dangerous and psychologically traumatizing issues such as suicide while on Fortnite."
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