Dark patterns, a “kind of a scary new phrase,” are “design choices that that manipulate users on a website into making choices that they wouldn't otherwise make,” says advertising law attorney Amy Ralph Mudge.
Consumers don’t have to venture into the dark web to be exposed to potentially frightening online business practices. “Dark patterns” by some e-commerce operations also are “scary,” says advertising law attorney Amy Ralph Mudge.
During the National Advertising Division’s annual conference conducted online, Mudge on 30 September discussed trends and problems in digital advertising....
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Three FDA warnings related to supplement manufacturing, labeling or marketing submitted to Amazon or companies selling vitamin, mineral or supplement products on its e-commerce platform since April 2024.
HHS Secretary Kennedy commends food companies for cooperating, but also says, “We have them on the run now and we are going to win this battle. And four years from now, we're going to have most of these products off the market.”
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FDA says “extension affords covered entities the additional time necessary to ensure complete coordination across the supply chain in order to fully implement the final rule’s requirements—ultimately providing FDA and consumers with greater transparency and food safety.”
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