2025-01-18
FTC orders Genshin Impact's developer to block young teens from making in-game purchases
Kids and younger teens might soon be unable to play Genshin Impact's gachas. The developer behind the game has agreed to block players under 16 years old from making in-game purchases without parental consent in order to settle a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission. It has also agreed to pay a $20 million penalty. Samuel Levine, the director of FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said "Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other player [...]
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FTC sues John Deere over ‘unfair corporate tactics’ and ‘high repair costs’
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2025-01-17
FTC bans General Motors from selling driver data for five years
The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against General Motors and OnStar for allegedly sharing details about drivers to third parties without their consent. The agency launched an investigation [...]
2025-01-21
January’s Xbox Game Pass additions include Sniper Elite: Resistance and Tchia
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2025-01-10
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2025-01-10
Citizen Sleeper 2 asks how we stay human in a hopeless future
Life for Sleepers is fraught. They gain consciousness in a state of indentured servitude, an emulated human mind inside an android body, forced to work until they’re discarded. Those who escape don [...]
2025-01-07
Instagram blocked LGBTQ hashtags and treated them as ‘sexually suggestive content’
Meta’s Instagram has been blocking LGBTQ-related hashtags for months, according to reporting by User Mag. This was done under the company’s “sensitive content” policy as an attempt to restrict [...]