#144 Dark Pattern
Summary: This week, we discover an invisible maze, designed to trick millions of people out of their money.<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/JustinElliott?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Justin Elliot’s Twitter<br></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/have-you-worked-for-intuit-turbotax-or-another-tax-prep-company">Pro Publica’s questionnaire for people who’ve worked at Intuit<br></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/intuit-ceo-in-internal-video-hiding-free-turbotax-was-in-best-interest-of-taxpayers">Intuit CEO’s video response<br></a><br><a href="https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/">Find a Free File tax product on the IRS site<br></a><br><strong><br></strong><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/series/the-turbotax-trap"><strong>Pro Publica’s reporting on Turbo Tax<br></strong></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-just-tricked-you-into-paying-to-file-your-taxes">Here’s How TurboTax Just Tricked You Into Paying to File Your Taxes<br></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-deliberately-hides-its-free-file-page-from-search-engines">TurboTax Deliberately Hid Its Free File Page From Search Engines<br></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/intuit-turbotax-h-r-block-gutted-free-tax-filing-internal-memo">TurboTax and H&R Block Saw Free Tax Filing as a Threat — and Gutted It<br></a><br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elizabeth-warren-and-other-senators-call-for-refunds-and-investigations-of-turbotax-and-h-r-block">Elizabeth Warren and Other Senators Call for Refunds and Investigations of TurboTax and H&R Block<br></a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
