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FTC Bans Genshin Impact Developer From Selling Lootboxes To Children Under 16 Without Parental Consent, Fines Company $20 Million
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FTC Bans Genshin Impact Developer From Selling Lootboxes To Children Under 16 Without Parental Consent, Fines Company $20 Million

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FTC Bans Genshin Impact Developer From Selling Lootboxes To Children Under 16 Without Parental Consent, Fines Company $20 Million
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The United States’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it is banning HoYoverse, the developer of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, and Zenless Zone Zero, from selling lootboxes to children under the age of 16 and will be fining them $20 million.

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