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The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for its use of manipulative interface design tactics – or “dark patterns” – to complicate users’ attempts to cancel Prime subscriptions.
You have a finely honed sense of privacy in the physical world. But the sights and sounds you encounter online don’t help you detect risks and can even lull you into a false sense of security.
Kiwi consumers are increasingly experiencing personalised, targeted manipulation online, but the law has very little to say about it.
Deceptively labeled buttons, choices that are hard to undo, web designs that hide options – these dark patterns are how some websites trick people into giving up their money and information.
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Lecturer in Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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