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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has tasked Commissioner McGrath with preparing the Digital Fairness Act (DFA) to tackle manipulative digital practices — dark patterns, addictive ...

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 ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite, will pay $520 million to settle allegations of violating children's privacy laws and using dark patterns to trick millions of ...

Dark patterns, also known as deceptive design or deceptive patterns, are essentially tricks. Websites and apps use dark patterns to manipulate users into making decisions they wouldn’t have otherwise ...

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 ...

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 ...