{"id":135329,"date":"2024-12-10T05:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135329"},"modified":"2024-12-10T05:01:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T22:01:57","slug":"epic-games-is-paying-hundreds-of-thousands-of-fortnite-players-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135329","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games is paying hundreds of thousands of Fortnite players $100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9h ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya0\">The Federal Trade Commission is forcing <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/news\/492154\/fortnite-og-1-release-record-million-players\">Fortnite<\/a><\/em> creator Epic Games to pay more than $72 million in refunds to roughly 629,000 customers on Monday. Each affected person will get around $114 from the FTC if they successfully filed a claim. The payments follow a 2022 settlement where the federal agency alleged Epic Games \u201ctricked\u201d users into spending money on the platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9h ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya0\">The refunds will be distributed on Monday and constitute the first round of payments. A <a href=\"http:\/\/ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2024\/12\/ftc-sends-refund-payments-consumers-impacted-epic-games-unlawful-billing-practices\">release from the FTC<\/a> said the agency will \u201cdistribute additional money at a later date,\u201d but didn\u2019t specify any additional details. The government will be sending the money via check and PayPal. The FTC said recipients should redeem their PayPal payment within 30 days and cash their checks within 90 days, and those with additional questions should contact the refund administrator listed <a href=\"https:\/\/ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2024\/12\/ftc-sends-refund-payments-consumers-impacted-epic-games-unlawful-billing-practices\">on the FTC\u2019s announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9h ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya0\">The payments are being issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23516827\/fortnite-epic-games-ftc-settlement-privacy-refunds-in-game-purchases\">following a 2022 settlement<\/a> where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2022\/12\/fortnite-video-game-maker-epic-games-pay-more-half-billion-dollars-over-ftc-allegations\">FTC secured $520 million<\/a> after arguing that <em>Fortnite<\/em> violated the Children\u2019s Online Privacy Protection Act and \u201cdeployed design tricks, known as dark patterns, to dupe millions of players into making unintentional purchases.\u201d This set of payments relates to those who fall into the second category of arguments, and accidentally made a purchase during due to the duplicitous design of the game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _11x6rb9h ku7vx11 ku7vx10 t0irya0\">If you think you might have made an accidental purchase in <em>Fortnite<\/em>, it\u2019s not too late to get in on the refunds. Those who suspect they were impacted can go and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/enforcement\/refunds\/fortnite-refunds\">file a claim online today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/fortnite\/493003\/fortnite-pays-thousands-settlement-claims\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Trade Commission is forcing Fortnite creator Epic Games to pay more than $72 million in refunds to roughly 629,000 customers on Monday. 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