EU launches virtual escape room to educate young people on consumer rights

Munster and Leinster are among the European regions whose residents spend the most online. File picture Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

EU leaders are hoping to tap into gaming in order to teach young people about their consumer rights, after a proliferation of spending online and apps over the past two years.

The European Commission's directorate general for consumers has put together what is described as an educational escape room game aimed at 16- to 24-year-olds.