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The European Commission introduces the Digital Fairness Act, which aims to curb addictive design features and manipulative "dark patterns" or face large fines

The European Union is debuting a new plan designed to curb practices that manipulate people into spending more time and money online.

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The European Commission introduces the Digital Fairness Act, which aims to curb addictive design features and manipulative "dark patterns" or face large fines

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