Platforms fear addictive-design duty overlaps with EU's new digital rulebook
By Sara Brandstätter ( November 11, 2026, 17:19 GMT | Comment) -- All online platforms will have to let consumers disable addictive features under the proposed EU Digital Fairness Act — duties that the largest platforms will have to add to their existing Digital Services Act risk obligations. And if suspected of breaching DFA addictive-design provisions, they would be probed via the DSA enforcement regime. Industry groups fear uncertainty over how the laws will apply together, unless legislators disentangle them in forthcoming negotiations on the proposal.The biggest online platforms would have to comply with new addictive-design requirements under the proposed Digital Fairness Act at the same time as observing the Digital Services Act’s existing risk obligations, European Commission officials said on Wednesday, while insisting that there won't be any regulatory overlap....
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