Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law

AI's Hidden Influence on Our Digital Experience
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5099-8711-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

This book provides essential insights on dark patterns and AI-powered deceptive design for anyone who wants to understand and challenge the pervasive influence of these hidden forces shaping our digital experiences.

These hidden design strategies - from personalised user interface triggers to sophisticated backend systems - are often used to manipulate user behaviour in ways that benefit businesses at the expense of users. With advanced profiling driven by AI, these deceptive techniques can tailor digital environments to each user, raising significant questions about privacy, control and the boundaries of digital design.

The book examines the response of regulators, from the GDPR, Digital Services Act and AI Act in the EU to emerging frameworks in the USA, Brazil and India. Through real-world examples, it explains how these laws fail to address deceptive design practices and explores the implications for privacy, autonomy and consumer protection in the digital age.

By uncovering the complex layers of modern deceptive design, the book equips readers with the knowledge to recognise these tactics and consider their impact on user choice and trust. It is essential reading for legal professionals, digital rights advocates, designers, and anyone invested in fair digital practices.

Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law is also available in audiobook format from audiobook retailers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leiser, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Interface Design, Interaktionsdesign, Application Design
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Medienrecht Telekommunikationsrecht, IT-Recht, Internetrecht
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion User Interface Design & Benutzerfreundlichkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Verhaltensökonomik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Part I: Dark, Darker, and Darkest Patterns
1. A Frightening Future Awaits, Unless.
2. Deceptive Techniques and their Associated Harms
3. Regulatory Responses to Dark Patterns and Deceptive Design
4. Emerging Digital Design Laws and Regulations

Part II: Manipulation Beneath the Interface
5. System Architecture Patterns and the Personalisation of Exploitation
6. AI-Powered Deceptive Design
7. The Illusion of Control: Who is Truly Vulnerable?

Part III: The Fight Against Dark Patterns and Deceptive Design
8. Toward a Future Free of Manipulation
Afterword: Reflections on the Ride

Über Autor(innen)

Leiser, Mark
Mark Leiser, formerly of Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam and Leiden University, the Netherlands, is an expert specialising in digital, legal, and platform regulation. In addition to consultancy work, he helps run the deceptive.design website (formerly darkpatterns.org).

MR Leiser, formerly of Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam and Leiden University, the Netherlands, is an expert specialising in digital, legal, and platform regulation.