European Union: Issued EDPB Guidelines on dark patterns in social media platform interfaces
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Issued EDPB Guidelines on dark patterns in social media platform interfaces
On 15 March 2022, the European Data Protection Board adopted the "Guidelines on dark patterns in social media platform interfaces". Specifically, "dark patterns" are user interfaces on social media platforms that may cause users to make unintended a…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2022-03-15
under deliberation
2022-03-21
in consultation
2022-05-02
processing consultation