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Showing one product, but pairing it with the price of a different product, is common on online shopping sites. It’s not just wasting your time: it can be illegal.
Encountering a website that seems like it was designed to frustrate might leave you saying ‘there oughta be a law,’ but to have a case you need to show that the site tried to swindle you.
Kids who play Roblox games describe ‘scary’ virtual currencies and ‘cash grab’ random rewards.
It could become as easy to drop out as it was to sign up.
From streaks to loot boxes, apps for kids are full of ‘persuasive design’ intended to keep users watching, playing and paying – whether it’s good for them or not.
Most Australians have had a negative experience when trying to cancel a subscription. It’s bad business, and we need law reform to capture these shady tactics.
Why it’s so much easier to sign up to a service than it is to leave.
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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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Leeds
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Professor of AI and Public Policy, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer, Information Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Doctoral Candidate, Information and Media Studies, Western University
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Associate Professor of of Media Production, Management and Technology, University of Florida
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Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Lecturer in Media Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice; Lead, UNSW Public Interest Law & Tech Initiative, UNSW
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Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Deakin University
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Professor in Human-Computer Interaction, ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral research fellow, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Institute for Humane Studies
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Lecturer in Marketing, RMIT University
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Professor of Law (consumer protections and credit law), The University of Melbourne