Amazon has been fined in Poland for misleading consumers about the conclusion of sales contracts on its online marketplace. The sanction, of close to $8 million (or in local currency: PLN 31,850,141), ...

The Federal Trade Commission has turned an increased focus toward deceptive web design practices that play on human emotions, also known as “dark patterns.” “There’s no excuse for trying to deceive ...

Deceptive design practices or "dark patterns" are quietly costing Indian consumers up to ₹28,000 crore every year, with ...

Amazon knows that "millions" of people who enrolled in Amazon Prime did so accidentally, and that the cancellation process involves a "labyrinthian mechanism" that thwarts subscribers' attempts to end ...

Amazon this week hit back against the Federal Trade Commission’s “dark patterns” lawsuit, filed in June at the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington. The FTC alleges deceptive ...

The agency's assault on the e-commerce giant comes months after it extracted a $520 million dark patterns settlement from video game maker Epic. In a further crackdown on what it dubs "dark patterns" ...

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Most Indians can spot a dark pattern when they see one. Yet, 85% still fall for them, resulting in online marketplaces ...

The company has reached a settlement with the FTC to refund customers who signed up via 'challenged enrollment flows.' Here's what that means. Inside Amazon’s ‘Iliad Flow,’ the deceptive UX at the ...