If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to cancel an online subscription, or to deactivate an account on a website, you may have fallen prey to ‘dark patterns’. The Advertising Standards Authority ...

"This article explores the different types of dark patterns prevalent online, examines how they affect consumers and businesses, and analyzes the legal frameworks emerging to combat these practices in ...

Recent research analyzing 1,496 mobile games found over 85,000 instances of dark patterns: deliberate design choices meant to manipulate you into spending more time and money than you intended. These ...

See if any of this sounds familiar: You can’t find an easy way to cancel an unwanted subscription, so you let it continue for another month — telling yourself you’ll try again later. You feel rushed ...

Navigating the virtual marketplace has become an integral part of the consumer experience in the digital age. Lurking behind the convenience and accessibility of e-commerce websites, however, lies a ...

The government has declared war on the practice of ‘Dark Pattern’ being run by some e-commerce companies, as noticed by the government. In a press release dated June 7, 2025, the Central Consumer ...

Do you ever find yourself wasting time trying to close a pushy pop-up? Or discover that you’re subscribed to something you don’t remember signing up for? These things happen to all of us when website ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. These are just a few examples of “dark ...

Junk fees and dark patterns are very much on the FTC’s mind these days, and they are very intertwined. To some degree, the concern over junk fees reflects a concern over a more traditional type of ...

See if any of this sounds familiar: You can’t find an easy way to cancel an unwanted subscription, so you let it continue for another month — telling yourself you’ll try again later. You feel rushed ...