Regulatory action · verified event object

Europe's CPC targets King, Supercell, Mojang and others over virtual currencies

Europe's Consumer Protection Cooperation Network is taking "coordinated actions" against a string of top games companies as it looks to investigate compliance with 'Key Principles' on in-game virtual currencies announced last year. The CPC is a network of national authorities responsible for the enforcement of EU consumer protection laws. It has asked Activision Blizzard, Crytek, InnoGames, King, Mojang, Plarium, PLR Worldwide Sales, Riot Games, Supercell and Ubisoft to bring their commercial practices in line relating to in-game virtual currencies. ... [ MORE ]

evt_1072e1fa-e6d3-5947-9255-175357710468 1 independent sources 1 evidence objects Confidence 50% Importance 66.4

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Event IDevt_1072e1fa-e6d3-5947-9255-175357710468
Cluster IDcls_e22f4678-f772-51fe-aced-8731571db508
Event typeRegulatory action
Statusannounced
Primary companyKing
Known monetary valueNot disclosed

Explainable ranking

Event Impact30.0
Evidence Strength8.0
Source Quality12.0
Confidence7.5
Freshness7.0
Upstream Relevance1.9

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