To ensure that users of online services understand what data are collected\nand how they are used in algorithmic decision-making, the European Union's\nGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) specifies informed consent as a\nminimal requirement. For online news outlets consent is commonly elicited\nthrough interface design elements in the form of a pop-up. We have manually\nanalyzed 300 data collection consent notices from news outlets that are built\nto ensure compliance with GDPR. The analysis uncovered a variety of strategies\nor dark patterns that circumvent the intent of GDPR by design. We further study\nthe presence and variety of these dark patterns in these "cookie consents" and\nuse our observations to specify the concept of dark pattern in the context of\nconsent elicitation.\n