Digital Fairness Act Monitor

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Evidence base

Sources

  1. Dark commercial patternsOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · OECD Digital Economy Papers No. 336
  2. An Ontology of Dark Patterns KnowledgeGray et al.; ACM CHI 2024 · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.1145/3613904.3642436; arXiv:2309.09640
  3. Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping WebsitesMathur et al.; arXiv · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · arXiv:1907.07032
  4. Shining a Light on Dark PatternsLuguri and Strahilevitz; Journal of Legal Analysis · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.1093/jla/laaa006
  5. Guidelines 03/2022 on deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfacesEuropean Data Protection Board · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · Guidelines 03/2022, Version 2.0
  6. Dark Patterns Meet GUI Agents: LLM Agent Susceptibility to Manipulative Interfaces and the Role of Human OversightTang et al.; ACM CHI 2026 · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.1145/3772318.3791568; arXiv:2509.10723
  7. Review of EU consumer lawEuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  8. Fitness Check of EU consumer law on digital fairnessEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · SWD(2024) 230 final
  9. Digital Fairness Act: call for evidence for an impact assessmentEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Initiative 14622; Ares(2025)6275573
  10. Commission launches open consultation on forthcoming Digital Fairness ActEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Initiative 14622
  11. Digital Fairness Act: factual summary report of the public consultationEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Ares(2025)11434262
  12. Digital Fairness Act: Legislative Train ScheduleEuropean Parliament · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  13. Commission work programme 2026: Europe's Independence MomentEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · COM(2025) 870 final; CELEX 52025DC0870; Annex I item 30
  14. 2030 Consumer Agenda and action plan for consumers in the Single MarketEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · COM(2025) 848 final; CELEX 52025DC0848
  15. Council conclusions on the 2030 Consumer AgendaCouncil of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · ST 6634/26
  16. Working Party on Consumer Protection and Information: provisional agendaCouncil of the European Union, General Secretariat · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · CM 2779/1/26 REV 1
  17. Commission follow-up to Parliament's resolution on the protection of minors onlineEuropean Commission, distributed by the European Parliament · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · SP(2026) response concerning P10_TA(2025)0299
  18. Commission survey shows children want better rules to ensure digital fairness for allEuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers · Primary · checked 2026-08-09
  19. Digital Fairness Act: exploratory opinionEuropean Economic and Social Committee · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · INT/1132-EESC
  20. Unfair Commercial Practices DirectiveEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Directive 2005/29/EC; CELEX 02005L0029-20220528
  21. Consumer Rights DirectiveEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Directive 2011/83/EU; CELEX 02011L0083-20220528
  22. Directive (EU) 2023/2673 amending the Consumer Rights DirectiveEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Directive (EU) 2023/2673; CELEX 32023L2673
  23. Unfair Contract Terms DirectiveCouncil of the European Communities · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Council Directive 93/13/EEC; CELEX 01993L0013-20220528
  24. Digital Services ActEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; CELEX 32022R2065
  25. General Data Protection RegulationEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Regulation (EU) 2016/679; CELEX 32016R0679
  26. Guidelines 03/2022 on deceptive design patterns in social media platform interfacesEuropean Data Protection Board · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Guidelines 03/2022, Version 2.0
  27. Digital Markets ActEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Regulation (EU) 2022/1925; CELEX 32022R1925
  28. Artificial Intelligence ActEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; CELEX 32024R1689
  29. Audiovisual Media Services DirectiveEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Directive 2010/13/EU; CELEX 02010L0013-20181218
  30. Behavioural study on unfair commercial practices in the digital environmentEuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers · Secondary · checked 2026-09-14 · DOI 10.2838/859030; ISBN 978-92-76-52316-1
  31. Consumer Protection Cooperation Network sweepsEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  32. Consumer Rights Directive: amendments and application datesEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14
  33. Requirement for online stores to offer a statutory withdrawal function in June 2026European Consumer Centre Finland · Primary · checked 2026-09-14