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The dark patterns should be a violation of the spirit of the law.
by ianai 5y ago
The dark patterns should be a violation of the spirit of the law.
- Proven 5y agoThe dark pattern is that the government can order people what to put on their Web site.
- tinus_hn 5y agoThey can order people what not to put on their web site. Unless they put in a notice. Just like in the US, where if you advertise sports betting, you have to point at the hotlines.
- shermozle 5y agoThey are. Enforcement is on the way, just slow. Belgium just charged the IAB Europe group a big fine.
- dspillett 5y agoThey literally are. If a consent form has an “allow all” button but no “reject all”, as many do, then it is not compliant. Likewise for “legitimate interest” (that one really gets my hackles up: it basically says “we see your preference, what would you think if we didn't give a crap?”). There have been some fines related to this sort of thing, and over time some of the dark patterns are getting a little less common, but enforcement thus far has not been sufficient to make the less dark variants the norm.