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 ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suggests that cybercrooks have a new bag of tricks designed to trick and trap consumers. Those cybercrooks have apparently gotten smarter, too, now using “dark ...

What Is Dark Pattern? Amid the Consumer Affairs Ministry's move to make people aware of ‘dark patterns’ deployed by apps and e-commerce sites, a formal complaint has been submitted to the Reserve Bank ...

Experts are warning consumers about shady online business practices that the Federal Trade Commission and tech insiders refer to as “dark patterns.” “By their very nature, dark patterns are subtle, ...

You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a full-screen message asks whether you want to try the paid version. The “Start free trial” button is large, bright and hard to miss.

If you’ve ever had to call to cancel a subscription you signed up for online in seconds, uncheck a preselected agreement to receive ads in the mail or been tricked into upgrading to a premium economy ...

Growing regulatory action to combat so-called “dark patterns” used in web design to influence consumer choice has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, and promises to continue to be ...

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An industry group representing several major U.S. tech companies has opposed the Indian government’s proposal against dark patterns, which are used to deceive online users, and said the move would ...

Do you think you are always making a voluntary decision when clicking on something online? In reality, that isn't always the ...