Art. 25 DSA · Chapter III: DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND SAFE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT · Section 3: Additional provisions applicable to providers of online platforms
Article 25 DSA: Online interface design and organisation
Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
Official text
Providers of online platforms shall not design, organise or operate their online interfaces in a way that deceives or manipulates the recipients of their service or in a way that otherwise materially distorts or impairs the ability of the recipients of their service to make free and informed decisions.
The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to practices covered by Directive 2005/29/EC or Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
The Commission may issue guidelines on how paragraph 1 applies to specific practices, notably:
giving more prominence to certain choices when asking the recipient of the service for a decision;
repeatedly requesting that the recipient of the service make a choice where that choice has already been made, especially by presenting pop-ups that interfere with the user experience;
making the procedure for terminating a service more difficult than subscribing to it.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu
Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
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