Constitutional Law,
Technology
Mar. 1, 2023
Federal Trade Commission Shines Light on Dark Practices of E-Commerce
The FTC’s move to expose dark patterns used by Epic Games is likely a harbinger of things to come and online merchants of all types should pay attention.




Anita Taff-Rice
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Dark Shadows, a 2012 film by Tim Burton, starred Johnny Depp as a 200-year-old vampire, who escaped his tomb and returned to break his family’s curse. To do so, vampire Barnabas Collins must probe the creepy recesses of his fictional family’s mansion and along the way he unearths dark plots of deception and betrayal.
Ten years later, the Federal Trade Commission is starring in a real-life saga to expose the dark plots in e-commerce. Last y...
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