Sneaking items into online shopping carts; making the cancellation of a paid online subscription impossible; creating a sense of “false urgency”: These are among the deceptive strategies flagged in a draft guidelines released Thursday by the Union government to curb “dark patterns” used by online platforms.
These dark patterns mislead people into doing something they originally did not wish to do, such as paying for items or services they did not intend to buy.
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