Fortnite developer ordered to pay $245 million to refund 'tricked' players in federal settlement

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Under an FTC order released Tuesday, Epic Games, which developed Fortnite (Fortnite Chapter 2, seen above) must pay a fine which will then be used to refund customers.

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FTC bans online mental health company BetterHelp from sharing user data for targeted ads, as federal crackdowns on info misuse intensify

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BetterHelp will pay $7.8 million for sharing user data.

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It's far harder to cancel a subscription than it is to sign up for one. A bill in Congress wants to change that.

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Controversial noncompetes now face a possible ban. But one group never had to worry about them: attorneys

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Hundreds of thousands of workers could soon switch jobs if the FTC's proposed noncompete ban gets enacted, recruiters told Insider.

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