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Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you – why aren’t they all illegal?

  • Written by Gregory M. Dickinson, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Institute for Humane Studies
Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you – why aren’t they all illegal?Website designs that try to change your behavior cross a line when they outright deceive.Fizkes/iStock via Getty Images

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