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

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, […]

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

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