There are a number of definitions of “dark patterns” that are bandied about. Darkpatterns.org calls them, “tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn’t mean to, like buying ...

At the end of 2025, millions of Americans started receiving small payments, usually under $51, with the note “Amazon FTC ...

“News organizations will have to reckon with their use of designs that place them in the same categories as annoying sales sites and scammers.” A significant amount of media attention and scholarship ...

Ah, the dubious honor of having an entire dark pattern named after you. More than five years after GDPR went into effect, regulators in Europe finally exerted enough pressure on Meta that it will soon ...

There is a new term for online annoyances: Dark Patterns. They are tricks in websites and apps that make users click on things they didn't intend to. There is a new term for online annoyances: Dark ...

Dark patterns, also known as deceptive design or deceptive patterns, are essentially tricks. Websites and apps use dark patterns to manipulate users into making decisions they wouldn’t have otherwise ...

Turns out, there is a dark art of web design. Inventory trackers, countdown clocks and fake reviews are rampant on e-commerce sites, and all are used to influence how consumers buy. But their contents ...

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