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Dark Patterns Unmasked: Examining Their Influence on Digital Platforms and User Behaviour

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Interface interference is a tactic that hinders consumers from performing actions like cancelling subscriptions or deleting accounts, such as redirecting them to another page while trying to cancel a pop-up advertisement. This includes endorsements of personal experiences without disclosing the fact that they are paid for it.

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Section 230 Protect Apple’s App Store from Claims Over Cryptocurrency Theft–Diep v. Apple

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The plaintiffs claim it was a spoof app designed to steal cryptocurrency worth $5k in Diep’s case and $500k in Nagao’s case (ouch). “plaintiffs’ computer fraud and privacy claims are based on Apple’s reproduction of an app, Toast Plus, intended for public consumption, via the App Store. False Advertising.

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) Webinar – “Hot Topics in Advertising Law in North America”

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I always enjoy these and recommend the free GALA webinars to those interested in advertising law; I joined in progress due to some technical difficulties on my end. Kelly Harris: In Canada, Competition Bureau brought enforcement action against FB for misleading privacy representations even though it’s a free service.

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Section 230 Protects Services That Permit Anonymous Third-Party Posts–Bride v. Snap

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Despite the rhetorical moves to position the lawsuit about the defendants’ design choices, this is actually an easy case. .” Both apps allegedly were not responsive enough to complaints or unmasking requests, including not following their own purported policies. ” The defendants successfully defend on Section 230 grounds.

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The fact/opinion divide: threat or menace? 9th Cir revives suit against Malwarebytes

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Enigma sued its competitor Malwarebytes for Lanham Act false advertising and NY business torts for designating its products as “malicious,” “threats,” and “potentially unwanted programs” (PUPs). The district court dismissed the complaint on the grounds that these designations were “non-actionable statements of opinion.”

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The SHOP SAFE Act Is a Terrible Bill That Will Eliminate Online Marketplaces

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

It claims to focus on “counterfeits” that could harm consumer “health and safety,” but those are both lies designed to make the bill seem narrower and more balanced than it actually is. However, this bill is itself a giant counterfeit. ” I mean, pretty much every physical product meets this definition, right?

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does disparaging a company cast its principal in a false light?

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Platinum allegedly hired the Volkin defendants to “engage in a strategic defamation campaign online designed to ruin Plaintiffs’ professional reputation and to divert Plaintiffs’ customers away from their products and to Platinum’s competitive products.” And they are not providing the customers with anything new with an act like that.”

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