“<” character in JSON data is serialized to \\u003c
I have a JSON object where the value of one element is a string. In this string there are the characters "<RPC>" . I take this entire JSON object and in my ASP.NET server code, I perform the following to take the object named rpc_response and add it to the data in a POST response: var serializer = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer(); HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Pragma", "no-cache"); HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Cache-Control", "private, no-cache"); HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "inline; filename=\"files.json\"");