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How Snapchat manipulates its users through notifications (www.bitsoffreedom.nl)

submitted 10 hours ago by King@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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Our recent research into Snapchat shows that its uses misleading notification. This is not legally allowed. Namely, the European Digital Services Act prohibits misleading and manipulative design on online platforms. The research serves as input for possible enforcement actions by the Dutch Authority for Consumer and Markets (Autoriteit Consument & Markt) and supports our advice to include the regulation of attention-grabbing notifications in the Digital Fairness Act.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 11 points 10 hours ago

Facebook did this shit too when I last had the app installed

You'd get a notification about one of your friends and clicking it just took you to some random brand's main feed page

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 7 hours ago

How mobile apps manipulate users via notifications.

Off is my default for notifications from all apps.

Fuck, Dominoes (the solo game) wants to send me notifications. WTF for?

Guess what dominoes, I run rooted so your dumb ass can't even run in the background (or get network), and you get automatically get killed a few minutes after I stop playing.