EU Proposes New Rules to Control Online Platforms

Kathmandu. The European Union (EU) is bringing new rules to control features on online platforms that keep users engaged for a long time and cause unnecessary expenses. The proposed rules will make it easier to increase transparency in misleading advertising, online games, and transactions, and to stop features that cause digital addiction in users.

According to the proposed law called the 'Digital Fairness Act', large companies violating the rules can be fined up to 6 percent of their annual turnover. Practices that deceive users into making purchases or changing settings will be banned, and advertising done through influential persons will have to be clearly disclosed.