TACD - The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
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TACD is a forum of 70+ 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 consumer & digital rights organisations in Europe and the U.S.
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This marks a significant victory for transatlantic consumers in our long-standing effort to hold tech companies accountable.
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#deceptivedesign #darkpatterns 5/
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Amazon’s $2.5 Billion FTC Settlement: A landmark win for consumer rights
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tacd.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This marks a significant victory for transatlantic consumers in our long-standing effort to hold tech companies accountable.
@tacd-consumers.bsky.social comment below:
tacd.org/amazons-2-5-...
#deceptivedesign #darkpatterns 5/
@tacd-consumers.bsky.social comment below:
tacd.org/amazons-2-5-...
#deceptivedesign #darkpatterns 5/
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Now this judgment needs to be codified into law in the upcoming digital fairness act in the EU + rulemaking in the FTC. 4/
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultat...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultat...
Commission launches open consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act
The European Commission launched a public consultation and a call for evidence on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
September 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Now this judgment needs to be codified into law in the upcoming digital fairness act in the EU + rulemaking in the FTC. 4/
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultat...
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/consultat...
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⚠️ Every year consumers on both sides of the Atlantic fall pray to similar practices, losing money and giving away more personal data than they intend. 3/
Deceptive Patterns (aka Dark Patterns) - spreading awareness since 2010
The original website about deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) - tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for somethin...
www.deceptive.design
September 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
⚠️ Every year consumers on both sides of the Atlantic fall pray to similar practices, losing money and giving away more personal data than they intend. 3/
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👉 On 14.01.2021, consumer groups in Europe and the US filed coordinated complaints to the European Commission and the FTC against Amazon for making it significantly harder to cancel a subscription than to start one. 2/
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TACD and 16 members take action against Amazon's use of dark patterns
On January 14th, 2020, a total 17 of consumer groups took action against the use of dark patterns by Amazon. The action was based on the report by the NCC.
tacd.org
September 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
👉 On 14.01.2021, consumer groups in Europe and the US filed coordinated complaints to the European Commission and the FTC against Amazon for making it significantly harder to cancel a subscription than to start one. 2/
--> tacd.org/tacd-and-16-...
--> tacd.org/tacd-and-16-...