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Study finds Instacart uses more dark patterns than any other online grocery website, such as a countdown to get free delivery.

The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Criminal Liaison Unit highlighted figures in its Criminal Liaison Unit Report. This report emphasized the FTC’s growing concern over deceptive negative option marketing and its intended aim to push egregious cases to prosecutors.

Subscription style services that renew automatically from month to month are all the rage but regulators increasingly view them with suspicion. The FTC and some states have taken action to help implement the following types of consumer protections for auto renewal programs.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a Consumer Financial Protection Circular reminding financial institutions are covered persons that negative option marketing can be a violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, pursuant to the CFPB’s authority.

On December 19, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Epic Games Inc. (Epic) over its wildly popular game “Fortnite.” The settlement requires Epic to pay...

Courts and the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) have not yet addressed whether and to what degree the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution may protect advertising techniques...

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ASCI extends deadline for feedback on Dark Patterns to Jan 16, 2023

The observation was made by the regulatory body in a discussion paper titled ‘Dark Patterns in Advertising’

Best Media Info: ASCI had recently published a discussion paper titled ‘Dark Patterns in Advertising’, and it had sought public feedback and comments on the recommendations made in it| Advertising News