Users need to learn to identify these design tricks on websites and apps, says Yanely Espinal of Marketplace’s “Financially Inclined.” “Dark patterns” are everywhere on the web. These are design ...

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 ...

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 ...

The complaints allege Epic collected voice and text data from Fortnite players under the age of 13 without their parent's consent. Reading time 3 minutes Fortnite-maker Epic Games has agreed to pay a ...

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 ...

The FTC has reported a rise in “dark patterns” – deceptive online practices that trick consumers into purchases and other agreements. Here’s what it looks like, and who does it. Every day, millions of ...