Digital Fairness Act

Hereby, I provide a summary report with evidence on the proliferation of dark patterns and users' vulnerability.

The catastrophic societal consequences of algorithmic addiction cannot be ignored even if the platforms meant well. These systems are designed purely to grab our attention and they are having a deeply damaging effect on society. They push users into self confirming echo chambers and speed up radicalization. They are dividing nations and feeding populism all over the world. We are more connected than ever but the app design maximizes addictive beh…

We welcome the opportunity to provide feedback to this consultation. Consumer protection and fairness can be straightforward when confronted with clear fraud, as when companies promise, but fail to deliver valuable product attributes. Product- and marketing-design issues as raised by the DFA can be more nuanced in terms of their net effect on consumer welfare and raise a host of challenging economic questions that need to be addressed at the EU a…