Dark patterns are user interface design choices that benefit an online service by coercing,
steering, or deceiving users into making unintended and potentially harmful decisions. We …

Dark patterns are user interface elements that can influence a person's behavior against
their intentions or best interests. Prior work identified these patterns in websites and mobile …

Dark patterns are user interfaces whose designers knowingly confuse users, make it difficult
for users to express their actual preferences, or manipulate users into taking certain actions …

There is a rapidly growing literature on dark patterns, user interface designs—typically
related to shopping or privacy—that researchers deem problematic. Recent work has been …

Online services pervasively employ manipulative designs (ie, dark patterns) to influence
users to purchase goods and subscriptions, spend more time on-site, or mindlessly accept …

Dark patterns are increasingly ubiquitous in digital services and regulation, describing
instances where designers use deceptive, manipulative, or coercive tactics to encourage …

Manipulation defines many of our experiences as a consumer, including subtle nudges and
overt advertising campaigns that seek to gain our attention and money. With the advent of …

A dark pattern is a user interface that purposefully deceives users for the benefit of the
business by influencing their decision making process. The objectives of this research paper …

Dark patterns are deceptive and malicious properties of user interfaces that lead the end-
user to do something different from intended or expected. While now a key topic in critical …

Many tech companies exploit psychological vulnerabilities to design digital interfaces that
maximize the frequency and duration of user visits. Consequently, users often report feeling …