EU says ‘addictive’ features on Instagram and Facebook breach its rules
- Bloc says some design features on platforms built by Meta can cause users’ brains to go into ‘autopilot mode’.
- The European Union has accused the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of designing both platforms to be “addictive”, warning that it could face hefty fines if it continues to breach the bloc’s tech rules.
- On Friday, the European Commission published preliminary findings of its two-year-long investigation into Meta, saying the company was in breach of the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
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- Bloc says some design features on platforms built by Meta can cause users’ brains to go into ‘autopilot mode’.
- The European Union has accused the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of designing both platforms to be “addictive”, warning that it could face hefty fines if it continues to breach the bloc’s tech rules.
- On Friday, the European Commission published preliminary findings of its two-year-long investigation into Meta, saying the company was in breach of the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
Sources: Al Jazeera