The European Union accused X, formerly known as Twitter, of using deceptive "dark patterns" to mislead users. According to the EU's preliminary findings, these practices violate the bloc's new social ...

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“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 ...

Some business practices on the internet may not be against the law, but they undermine or manipulate consumer choice. Legal advocates have coined a new name for this practice: dark patterns. Difficult ...