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My office in Washington, D.C. sits kitty-corner to the Planet Word Museum, a new museum dedicated to "renewing and inspiring a love of words and language."

My office in Washington, D.C. sits kitty-corner to the Planet Word Museum, a new museum dedicated to “renewing and inspiring a love of words and language.” While the nearby Planet Word...

Have you ever signed up for a gym membership, a subscription service or other account and then decided down the road that it just wasn’t for you? But when you

"Dark patterns" are design choices that deceive, manipulate, or coerce us online—and they've gone mainstream. Submit examples to the Tip Line.

Jennifer King, HAI Privacy and Data Policy Fellow, explains the importance of tracking and regulating manipulative online tactics.

Dark patterns seem to be popping up everywhere, even on mainstream apps and websites. Author: Tanya Rivera, CONSUMER REPORTS Published: 1:57 PM EDT August 3, 2021 Updated: 11:23 PM EDT August 3, 2021 GREENSBORO, N.C. — You’ve probably seen privacy settings that seem intentionally confusing or have been forced to jump through hoops just to end an online subscription. All of those manipulative practices and confusing language are known as “dar...

Protection from dark-pattern practices Protection from dark-pattern practices Have you heard of dark patterns? The experts at Consumer Reports explain these manipulative practices and how you can avoid them You’ve probably seen privacy settings that seem intentionally confusing or been forced to jump through hoops just to end an online subscription.  All of those manipulative practices and confusing language are known as "dark patterns," and as Consumer Reports explains, they can lead you to...

Dark patterns, web design, and free expression A phone running the settings app is seen in this photo illustration on 9 July 2018, Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto PEN America - along with Consumer Reports, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Access Now, and others - launched the Dark Patterns Tip Line, a website where anyone can share examples of the websites that confuse and coerce us into making decisions or agreeing to terms that we wouldn’t otherwise. ...

On social media, shopping sites, and even childrens’ apps, companies are using deceptive user experience design techniques to trick us into giving away our data, sharing our phone numbers and contact lists, and submitting to fees and subscriptions. Everyday, we’re exploited for profit through “dark...

San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined Consumer Reports, Access Now, PEN America, and DarkPatterns.org in launching the “Dark Patterns Tip Line”—a project for the public to submit examples of deceptive design patterns they see in technology products and services. “Dark patterns” design tactics are used to trick people into doing all kinds of things they don’t mean to, from signing up for a mailing list to submitting to recurring billing. Examples seen ...