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FTC Looking Into Kids Racking Up In-App Purchase

FTC Looking Into Kids Racking Up In-App Purchase

By Ben Popken February 24, 2011

After stories came out like the 8-year-old girl who ran up a $1400 iTunes bill buying Smurberries inside the “Smurf Village” game for iPad, the Washington Post reports the FTC has said that it is going to look at how in-app purchases are marketed and delivered. [More]

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