Historic Timeline

The Digital Fairness Act is an upcoming legislative proposal from the European Union. It has not been tabled yet but is expected to be presented by Michael McGrath, Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has explicitly made reference to this future regulation in 2024 after nominating McGrath. Furthermore the Commission acknowledged the potential need for a Digital Fairness Act in their final report on the Digital Fairness Fitness Check published on October 3rd 2024. The European Parliament called for the need for additional consumer protections regarding addictive design on digital platforms in their Resolution on Addictive Design adopted on December 12th 2023. These two key documents (Commission’s report on Digital fairness, and Parliament’s resolution on Addictive design) are expected to be used as the basis for the Digital Fairness Act.

Timeline

EU Commission and EU Parliament - 04/11/2024 to 12/11/2024
European Parliament hearings with Commissioners-designate

EU Commission - 17/05/2022 to 03/10/2024
Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law on Digital Fairness

EU Parliament - 20/04/2023 to 12/12/2023
Resolution on addictive design of online services and consumer protection in the EU single market

Council - 22/02/2021
Council conclusions on the New Consumer Agenda

EU Commission - 13/11/2020
New Consumer Agenda