{"id":1223,"date":"2026-06-10T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:03:12","slug":"dark-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/dark-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Dark Patterns<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>About<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dark patterns refer to<strong>\u00a0deceptive strategies used by online platforms to manipulate users.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These tactics include adding extra items to a\u00a0consumer&#8217;s\u00a0cart without their knowledge, creating a false sense of urgency by claiming limited stock availability or pressuring consumers into\u00a0purchasing\u00a0memberships.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Such practices fall under the category of<strong>\u00a0&#8220;unfair trade practices&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0as defined under the\u00a0<strong>Consumer Protection Act, 2019.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Department of Consumer Affairs had notified the<strong>\u00a0Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns\u00a0<\/strong>in<strong>\u00a02023<\/strong>\u00a0for prevention and regulation of dark patterns listing\u00a0<strong>13 specified dark patterns\u00a0<\/strong>such as false urgency, basket sneaking, confirm shaming, subscription trap, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Patterns About<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-key-takeaways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1224,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions\/1224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/materials.simplycurrentaffairs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}