Genshin Impact distributor Cognosphere has agreed to pay $20 million to settle charges made by the US Federal Trade ...

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Friday that Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere has agreed to a $20 million ...

Update, January 20, 2025 (12:55 PM ET): Shortly after our original article below was published, Cognosphere released a statement regarding the FTC action. It reads as follows: “Animation-style ...

Cognosphere, the publisher of 'Genshin Impact', will pay $20 million to settle FTC allegations of children's privacy law violations. It will also introduce age-gate and parental consent mechanisms to ...

Update: Cognosphere confirms it has reached a settlement with the FTC, plans new restrictions on Genshin Impact loot box ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Cognosphere, the publisher behind popular games like Genshin Impact, $20 million ...

“Genshin Impact deceived children, teens, and other players into spending hundreds of dollars on prizes they stood little ...

The United States Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint last week alleging that Cognosphere, which publishes parent company MiHoYo’s games like Genshin Impact and Zenless Zone Zero in the ...

Genshin Impact developer Cognosphere has agreed to pay the FTC $20m in fines for selling lootboxes to minors in a new settlement ...

Cognosphere, the publisher of anime-style fantasy video game "Genshin Impact," has agreed to pay $20 million to settle U.S.

Singapore-based Cognosphere mishandled data it collected on children who played the game by improperly sharing it with others, including advertisers, in violation of US law, the FTC alleged.