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title: "Art. 25 DSA: Online interface design and organisation"
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source_note: "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"
text_as_of: "2022-10-27"
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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

### Article 25(1)

**1.** 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.

### Article 25(2)

**2.** The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to practices covered by Directive 2005/29/EC or Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

### Article 25(3)

**3.** The Commission may issue guidelines on how paragraph 1 applies to specific practices, notably:

#### Article 25(3)(a)

**(a)** giving more prominence to certain choices when asking the recipient of the service for a decision;

#### Article 25(3)(b)

**(b)** 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;

#### Article 25(3)(c)

**(c)** making the procedure for terminating a service more difficult than subscribing to it.

## Source

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

[Article 25 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_25)

Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

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