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Europe's Digital Fairness Act targets digital practices that harm children and push people into spending more.
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When Stop Killing Games's Ross Scott previously spoke about the initiative , he mentioned that the upcoming Digital Fairness Act was considering addressing game licensing but ultimately passing up the opportunity. Now, the European Commission has officially published a draft of the Digital Fairness Act, allowing us to see what the proposed legislation is targets and how that might affect video games and their makers. The draft act aims to "tackle unfair commercial practices affecting consumers online, while simplifying and harmonizing parts of the existing legal framework," and it will affect…
4 hours ago · techpowerup.com
The European Commission has published its proposed Digital Fairness Act, which has the potential to change how video games are monetised - worldwide - forever. A draft of the Act was leaked yesterday and what's been published today appears to be, to my eye, the same, though there's now also a mini-site accompanying it that explores the Act in more detail and uses more understandable language. Read more
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Europe's Digital Fairness Act targets digital practices that harm children and push people into spending more.
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Loot boxes, dark patterns, virtual currencies, subscription services, pay-to-win systems, and many other trappings of diabolical digital serfdom all face extensive regulation under the European Commission's proposed Digital Fairness Act, which has been formally presented to EU member states today. The full draft text of the regulation leaked earlier in the week. If it passes into law - and there's plenty of debate and revision ahead - it'll have big consequences for the developers and publishers of games like Overwatch , Dota 2 , and GTA Online. Read more
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The EU already has a raft of laws covering data protection, artificial intelligence and online content but Brussels and campaigners argue there are gaps that leave consumers exposed to harmful digital practices.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 11 : Companies resorting to unfair digital trade practices to push people to buy more or target children with personalised advertising risk fines of as much as 6 per cent of their annual global turnover under a new European Commission draft law."Our consumer protection rules will help ensure tha
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