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title: Fareportal to Pay $2.6 Million Over Dark Patterns
date: 2022-03-23T00:00:00-04:00
author: "hilary@usesharepoint.com"
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# Fareportal to Pay $2.6 Million Over Dark Patterns

 March 23, 2022 | 3 min

 

 

 

 

 

 

 [Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess "Kelley Drye Ad Law Access Podcast") · [Fareportal to Pay $2.6 Million Over Dark Patterns](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/fareportal-to-pay-2-6-million "Fareportal to Pay $2.6 Million Over Dark Patterns")

 [Apple](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fareportal-to-pay-%242-6-million-over-dark-patterns/id1457734764?i=1000555066478) [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3o8NaC7LYpnh90JfvcwZvn?si=c39eeeac6d024c41) [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/adlawaccess/fareportal-to-pay-2-6-million?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing) 

 

The New York Attorney General announced that Fareportal had agreed to pay $2.6 million to end an investigation over its use of ​“dark patterns” to manipulate consumers into booking flights and hotel accommodations. As we’ve noted in previous posts, ​“dark patterns” is arguably a new name to describe practices that have been around for a while, so it helps to see some examples of what the AG alleged Fareportal did.

 

 

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