When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

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 ...

“When it comes to the digital sphere, we want to make it fair. It’s shocking that on average 60% of websites did not comply with basic consumer rules between 2007 and 2019…. This is why we want to ...

Do you ever find yourself wasting time trying to close a pushy pop-up? Or discover that you’re subscribed to something you don’t remember signing up for? These things happen to all of us when website ...

A study by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) in 2021-22 found that 29% of the ads processed by ASCI pertained to disguised ads by influencers, a kind of dark pattern. Just like that, ...

July 29, 2021 - Dark patterns have been around for quite some time, but as we continue to move toward the digitalization of society, these manipulative practices have become more complex and pervasive ...

As many as 26 high profile ecommerce companies such as Zomato, BlinkIt, Walmart, Makemytrip, Zepto, Ajio, and JioMart have self-declared with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public ...

Dark Patterns in Online Shopping: Have you ever been surprised to see a pop-up message like "Only 1 item left in stock" or "Offer ending soon" while shopping online and made a hasty purchase? If yes, ...

Recently I wrote about the proliferation of dark patterns and tried to give readers a sense of just how widespread these practices are. But it is not just the pervasiveness of dark patterns that has ...

The central government has asked e-commerce companies to undergo self-audits to ensure that their platforms are free of dark pattern-like trade practices. Dark patterns are manipulative tools and ...