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  "title": "FTC Staff Perspective on Loot Boxes in Online Games: Disclosure, Deception, and Children's Privacy Under COPPA",
  "domain": "Gaming & Gambling",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-04-24",
  "bluf": "This FTC guidance clarifies that loot boxes in online games targeted at or likely to be used by children under 13 must comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and associated disclosure rules…",
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  "primary_citations_count": 5,
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  "citation_preview": [
    "FTC Staff Perspective on Loot Boxes, https://www.ftc.gov/reports/loot-box-workshop-staff-perspective, Section: Disclosure and Transparency, 2020",
    "Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA), https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-312, Rule 312.5 - Notice and parental consent, 2013"
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