Today, the European Commission (EC) has announced that it has preliminarily found Meta in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act for what it calls "the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook". Specifically, its investigation focuses on features like infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the services' "highly personalized recommender systems". The EC's investigation indicates that Meta "did not adequately assess the risks of its addictive design on the physical and mental wellbeing of users, including minors and vulnerable adults". Highly personalized recommendations,...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/european_commission_says_instagram_and_facebooks_addictive_design_breaches_the_digital_services_act-news-73680.php
