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Dark patterns are interface design choices that manipulate users into decisions they would not otherwise make. This topic explores how these patterns work, where they appear, and what is being done — through regulation and awareness — to combat them.
The European Commission is funding new research into how marketplace design influences user behaviour. This article examines the dark patterns that shape online shopping, the regulatory response under the Digital Services Act, and what it means for consumers.
Automated content moderation is the invisible intermediary between people and their speech online. This article examines how AI moderation systems work, where they fail, and what it means for your digital experience.
How Apps Secretly Manipulate Your Choices
Dark Patterns reveals the hidden design techniques that apps and websites use to manipulate user choices. From confirmsh…
How Apps, Algorithms, and Feeds Are Stealing Your Focus
Every tap, swipe, and notification is the result of a deliberate design choice. The Attention Trap examines how apps, so…
Community project that rates and summarises the terms of service of websites and online services.
Open-source browser extension for blocking ads, trackers, and malicious domains with minimal resource usage.
Browser extension that learns to block invisible trackers automatically, developed by the EFF.