--- title: Italian Competition Authority investigating Activision... description: Italy's Competition Authority is investigating Activision Blizzard for allegedly using deceptive UI design and aggressive monetization practices in Diablo... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/italian-competition-authority-investigating-activision-blizzard-over-diablo-immortal-and-call-of-dut-bgbmt0cqw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Italian Competition Authority investigating Activision Blizzard over Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty Mobile monetisation | daily.dev og:description: Italy's Competition Authority is investigating Activision Blizzard for allegedly using deceptive UI design and aggressive monetization practices in Diablo... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/italian-competition-authority-investigating-activision-blizzard-over-diablo-immortal-and-call-of-dut-bgbmt0cqw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bgBMt0cQW.png og:image:alt: Italian Competition Authority investigating Activision Blizzard over Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty Mobile monetisation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Italian Competition Authority investigating Activision Blizzard over Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty Mobile monetisation **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Italy's Competition Authority is investigating Activision Blizzard for allegedly using deceptive UI design and aggressive monetization practices in Diablo Immortal and Call of Duty Mobile. The investigation focuses on misleading interface elements that encourage excessive spending and playtime, unclear virtual currency valuations, inadequate parental controls that default to minimal protection, and potential violations of consumer data rights. The authority is concerned these practices may particularly harm minors and exploit gaming addiction vulnerabilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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