Europejska Rada Ochrony Danych, Guidelines 3/2022 on Dark patterns in social media platform interfaces: How to recognise and avoid them

These Guidelines offer practical recommendations to social media providers as controllers of social media, designers and users of social media platforms on how to assess and avoid so-called „deceptive design patterns” in social media interfaces that infringe on GDPR requirements. To this end, the EDPB recommends that controllers make use of interdisciplinary teams, consisting, among others, of designers, data protection officers and decision-makers. It is important to note that the list of deceptive design patterns and best practices, as well as the use cases, are not exhaustive. Social media providers remain responsible and accountable for ensuring the GDPR compliance of their platforms.

In the context of these Guidelines, „deceptive design patterns” are considered as interfaces and user journeys implemented on social media platforms...