The European Union accused X, formerly known as Twitter, of using deceptive "dark patterns" to mislead users. According to the EU's preliminary findings, these practices violate the bloc's new social ...

Edd Coates is founder of Game UI Database. Game UI designers use references to iterate on existing design patterns and provide players familiar, intuitive experiences. This allows us to onboard them ...

Windows 11’s 2025 refresh quietly tightens its grip on users with a fresh wave of dark patterns that make it harder to say no, harder to opt out, and harder to protect privacy. I focus on four ...

U.S. senators are reaching across the aisle in an effort to stop the dark patterns in software, according to Axios. Dark patterns are user interface elements that are intentionally designed to trick ...

We’ve known about manipulative user interfaces for a long while now, but the FTC reported that more and more companies are tricking site visitors. Reading time 3 minutes As much as you think you have ...

A large-scale academic study that analyzed more than 53,000 product pages on more than 11,000 online stores found widespread use of user interface "dark patterns"-- practices meant to mislead ...