Trump Steered Supporters into Unwitting Donations

Screenshot of the final form of the prechecked boxes — the first made donations recur each week; the second added an additional donation a few days after the first.

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The techniques are classic dark patterns:

> As the campaign’s financial problems became increasingly acute, the yellow boxes became dizzyingly more complex.

> By October there were sometimes nine lines of boldface text — with ALL-CAPS words sprinkled in — before the disclosure that there would be weekly withdrawals. As many as eight more lines of boldface text came before the second additional donation disclaimer