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  1. FTC Targets "Dark Patterns" in Actions Against Amazon and Publishers Clearing House

    WilmerHaleAugust 15, 2023

    ng Consumers About Sweepstakes Entries, FTC (June 27, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/06/ftc-takes-action-against-publishers-clearing-house-misleading-consumers-about-sweepstakes-entries.Id.Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment, and Other Relief ¶ 2, FTC v. Publishers Clearing House LLC, No. 23-cv-4735 (ENV) (LGD) (E.D.N.Y. June 27, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/1823145pchorder.pdf [Hereinafter, PCH Order].FTC, Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Negative Option Marketing (October 2021), https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/public_statements/1598063/negative_option_policy_statement-10-22-2021-tobureau.pdf.FTC to Ramp up Enforcement against Illegal Dark Patterns that Trick or Trap Consumers into Subscriptions, FTC (Oct. 28, 2021), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions.Id.Negative Option Rule, 88 Fed. Reg. 24716 (proposed Apr. 24, 2023) (to be codified at 16 C.F.R. pt. 425), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/24/2023-07035/negative-option-rule.Id.Id.Id.Federal Trade Commission Proposes Rule Provision Making it Easier for Consumers to “Click to Cancel” Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships, FTC (Mar. 23, 2023), https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/federal-trade-commission-proposes-rule-provision-making-it-easier-consumers-click-cancel-recurring.Amazon Compl. ¶ 2.Amazon Prime, Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=G6LDPN7YJHYKH2J6 (last accessed July 7, 2023).Id. ¶ 64.Id. ¶ 93; see id. ¶¶ 249–66.Id. ¶ 7; see id. ¶ 64.Id.at 43, ¶ 117.Id. ¶ 149; see id. ¶¶ 249–66.Id. ¶ 217.In its November 2022 settlement with Vonage, the FTC used the phrase “dark patterns” in the introductory section of its complaint but did not allege any specific practices that it described as dark patterns.Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Relief, and Other Relief, ¶ 2, F