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EU Digital Fairness Act must tackle range of online trickery, Dutch paper urges

By Sara Brandstätter and Luca Bertuzzi ( November 12, 2025, 16:37 GMT | Insight) -- Video-game commercial models, visual dark patterns, addictive app design and social-media influencers must all be tackled in the EU's upcoming digital consumer-protection law, the Dutch government has urged in a policy document. In the paper from October, seen by MLex, the Dutch economic affairs ministry also calls on the European Commission to revise the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation.Video-game commercial models, visual dark patterns, addictive app design and social-media influencers must all be tackled in the EU's upcoming digital consumer-protection law, the Dutch government has urged in a policy document....

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