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Loot boxes, influencers, and addictive features face an EU crackdown

Summary

The European Union has proposed the Digital Fairness Act to regulate online platforms like gaming and social media. The new rules aim to stop practices that encourage users to spend excessive time and money, such as misleading pricing.

Gaming, social media, and e-commerce platforms are facing a fresh wave of sweeping European Union rules that aim to make "your online experience fairer." The newly proposed Digital Fairness Act (DFA) published by the EU Commission on Wednesday is designed to tackle practices that exploit consumers into spending more of their time and money online, including misleading prices or availability,…

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