intergovernmental policy report
Dark commercial patterns
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Source ID
- oecd-dark-commercial-patterns-2022
- Document ID
- OECD Digital Economy Papers No. 336
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
Primary source library
Read the record, not the rumour.
This library brings together the official initiative record and the current EU instruments most relevant to digital fairness. Every item has a stable source ID, publisher, document type, review date and status. It is deliberately selective: inclusion means the source supports a live claim on the portal, not that every document mentioning digital policy is indexed.
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peer-reviewed taxonomy paper
An Ontology of Dark Patterns Knowledge
Gray et al.; ACM CHI 2024
- Source ID
- gray-ontology-dark-patterns-2024
- Document ID
- DOI 10.1145/3613904.3642436; arXiv:2309.09640
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
academic empirical paper
Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites
Mathur et al.; arXiv
- Source ID
- mathur-dark-patterns-at-scale-2019
- Document ID
- arXiv:1907.07032
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
peer-reviewed experimental legal research
Shining a Light on Dark Patterns
Luguri and Strahilevitz; Journal of Legal Analysis
- Source ID
- luguri-shining-light-dark-patterns-2021
- Document ID
- DOI 10.1093/jla/laaa006
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
final regulatory guidance
Guidelines 03/2022 on deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces
European Data Protection Board
- Source ID
- edpb-deceptive-design-guidelines-2023
- Document ID
- Guidelines 03/2022, Version 2.0
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
peer-reviewed human-computer interaction paper
Dark Patterns Meet GUI Agents: LLM Agent Susceptibility to Manipulative Interfaces and the Role of Human Oversight
Tang et al.; ACM CHI 2026
- Source ID
- gui-agents-dark-patterns-2026
- Document ID
- DOI 10.1145/3772318.3791568; arXiv:2509.10723
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
official initiative and Fitness Check hub
Review of EU consumer law
European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
- Source ID
- eu-consumer-law-review
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
Commission staff working document
Fitness Check of EU consumer law on digital fairness
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-digital-fairness-fitness-check-2024
- Document ID
- SWD(2024) 230 final
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
call for evidence
Digital Fairness Act: call for evidence for an impact assessment
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-dfa-call-evidence-14622
- Document ID
- Initiative 14622; Ares(2025)6275573
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
official consultation announcement
Commission launches open consultation on forthcoming Digital Fairness Act
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-dfa-consultation-launch-2025
- Document ID
- Initiative 14622
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
factual consultation summary
Digital Fairness Act: factual summary report of the public consultation
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-dfa-consultation-factual-report-2025
- Document ID
- Ares(2025)11434262
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
institutional legislative tracker
Digital Fairness Act: Legislative Train Schedule
European Parliament
- Source ID
- eu-parliament-legislative-train
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
Commission communication and work-programme annex
Commission work programme 2026: Europe's Independence Moment
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-work-programme-2026
- Document ID
- COM(2025) 870 final; CELEX 52025DC0870; Annex I item 30
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
Commission communication
2030 Consumer Agenda and action plan for consumers in the Single Market
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-commission-communication-2025-848
- Document ID
- COM(2025) 848 final; CELEX 52025DC0848
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
outcome of proceedings
Council conclusions on the 2030 Consumer Agenda
Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-council-consumer-agenda-conclusions-2026
- Document ID
- ST 6634/26
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
meeting notice and provisional agenda
Working Party on Consumer Protection and Information: provisional agenda
Council of the European Union, General Secretariat
- Source ID
- eu-council-consumer-working-party-2026-06-03
- Document ID
- CM 2779/1/26 REV 1
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
Commission response to a non-legislative resolution
Commission follow-up to Parliament's resolution on the protection of minors online
European Commission, distributed by the European Parliament
- Source ID
- eu-commission-minors-follow-up-2026-05
- Document ID
- SP(2026) response concerning P10_TA(2025)0299
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
official news release about a consultation survey
Commission survey shows children want better rules to ensure digital fairness for all
European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
- Source ID
- eu-commission-dfa-children-survey-2026-07
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
institutional opinion file
Digital Fairness Act: exploratory opinion
European Economic and Social Committee
- Source ID
- eu-eesc-dfa-opinion-2026
- Document ID
- INT/1132-EESC
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
consolidated directive
Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-ucpd-2005-29
- Document ID
- Directive 2005/29/EC; CELEX 02005L0029-20220528
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
consolidated directive
Consumer Rights Directive
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-crd-2011-83
- Document ID
- Directive 2011/83/EU; CELEX 02011L0083-20220528
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
amending directive
Directive (EU) 2023/2673 amending the Consumer Rights Directive
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-crd-amending-directive-2023-2673
- Document ID
- Directive (EU) 2023/2673; CELEX 32023L2673
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
consolidated directive
Unfair Contract Terms Directive
Council of the European Communities
- Source ID
- eu-uctd-93-13
- Document ID
- Council Directive 93/13/EEC; CELEX 01993L0013-20220528
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
regulation
Digital Services Act
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-dsa-2022-2065
- Document ID
- Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; CELEX 32022R2065
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
regulation
General Data Protection Regulation
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-gdpr-2016-679
- Document ID
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679; CELEX 32016R0679
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
final regulatory guidance
Guidelines 03/2022 on deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfaces
European Data Protection Board
- Source ID
- eu-edpb-deceptive-design-guidelines-03-2022
- Document ID
- Guidelines 03/2022, Version 2.0
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
regulation
Digital Markets Act
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-dma-2022-1925
- Document ID
- Regulation (EU) 2022/1925; CELEX 32022R1925
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
regulation
Artificial Intelligence Act
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-ai-act-2024-1689
- Document ID
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; CELEX 32024R1689
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
consolidated directive
Audiovisual Media Services Directive
European Parliament and Council of the European Union
- Source ID
- eu-avmsd-2010-13
- Document ID
- Directive 2010/13/EU; CELEX 02010L0013-20181218
- Checked
- 2026-08-09
Commission-commissioned behavioural study
Behavioural study on unfair commercial practices in the digital environment
European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
- Source ID
- eu-behavioural-study-digital-environment-2022
- Document ID
- DOI 10.2838/859030; ISBN 978-92-76-52316-1
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
official coordinated-screening results hub
Consumer Protection Cooperation Network sweeps
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-cpc-sweeps
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
institutional current-law overview
Consumer Rights Directive: amendments and application dates
European Commission
- Source ID
- eu-commission-crd-current
- Checked
- 2026-09-14
institutional implementation information
Requirement for online stores to offer a statutory withdrawal function in June 2026
European Consumer Centre Finland
- Source ID
- eu-ecc-withdrawal-function-2026
- Checked
- 2026-09-14