https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/10/menu_mischief_and_interface_deceit_draws_us_government_scrutiny/

The US government, in conjunction with a self-policing tech industry organization, will become an arbiter of web and application design, if a bipartisan bill introduced on Tuesday becomes law.

US Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) announced the Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act, which aims to ban large online service providers like Facebook and Google from using deceptive application interface designs known as "dark patterns" to manipulate online behavior.