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Digital Services Act Art. 25: no deceptive or manipulative interface design

Online platforms do not design, organise or operate their interfaces in a way that deceives or manipulates users or impairs their free and informed decisions

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from DSA Art. 25 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.Clause: Digital Services Act (EU) 2022/2065, Art. 25ClauseDSAArt. 25Duty holder: Providers of online platformsDuty holderProviders ofonline…Applies from: 2024-02-17 (In force)Applies from2024-02-17In forceArtefact: Interface review record; red-team eval for manipulative outputsArtefactInterfacereview recordLayers: Layer 03 Evals & Red Teaming as Evidence and Layer 05 Assurance & Continuous ComplianceLayersLayer 03Layer 05Evidence record: the common evidence record (Evidence record v1)Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from DSA Art. 25 to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.Clause: Digital Services Act (EU) 2022/2065, Art. 25ClauseDSA · Art. 25Duty holder: Providers of online platformsDuty holderProviders of online platformsApplies from: 2024-02-17 (In force)Applies from2024-02-17 · In forceArtefact: Interface review record; red-team eval for manipulative outputsArtefactInterface review recordLayers: Layer 03 Evals & Red Teaming as Evidence and Layer 05 Assurance & Continuous ComplianceLayersLayer 03Layer 05Evidence record: the common evidence record (Evidence record v1)Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-DSA-ART25. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: DSA, Art. 25.
  • Duty holder: Providers of online platforms.
  • Applies from: 2024-02-17, In force.
  • Artefact: Interface review record.
  • Layers: Layer 03, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
When this obligation appliesThe date of AIGE-OBL-DSA-ART25 on a time axis, against its review date 2026-09-24.2024202620282030As of 2026-09-242024-02-17 · In force2024-02-17 · In forceSource: Obligation register(chapter 08)
When this obligation appliesThe date of AIGE-OBL-DSA-ART25 on a time axis, against its review date 2026-09-24.2024-02-17 · In force2024202620282030As of 2026-09-242024-02-17 · In forceSource: Obligation register (chapter 08)
When this obligation applies The first date in the row's status, then each later step: filled once its date has passed, outlined while it is still ahead of the review date.
Data table: the dates
Dates of AIGE-OBL-DSA-ART25
DateStepDetail
2024-02-17In force
Id
AIGE-OBL-DSA-ART25
Instrument
Digital Services Act (EU) 2022/2065 law
Clause
Art. 25
In scope
Providers of online platforms
Authority
Digital Services Coordinator; the Commission for very large platforms
Applies from
In force

The artefact that evidences it

Interface review record; red-team eval for manipulative outputs.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Liability, copyright, consumer and sector law, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). Digital Services Act Art. 25: no deceptive or manipulative interface design (AIGE-OBL-DSA-ART25). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-dsa-art25. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{Digital Services Act Art. 25: no deceptive or manipulative interface design (AIGE-OBL-DSA-ART25)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-dsa-art25},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}