Meta Under Fresh EU Scrutiny over Addictive Facebook, Instagram Features
The company may face fines of up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover if the finding is confirmed, the Commission said.
- On Monday, the European Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act over the design of Instagram and Facebook, citing features like infinite scroll and autoplay.
- Investigators claimed Meta failed to properly assess how design features affect users' physical and mental wellbeing, noting these systems "fuel the user's urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain into" autopilot mode.
- Henna Virkkunen, the Commission's executive vice-president, said "protecting the physical and mental health of Europeans must be a priority for social media platforms," while Meta faces potential fines of up to 6% of its global annual turnover.
- Meta rejected the findings, emphasizing its Teen Accounts feature as protective, while a spokesperson said the firm will "take whatever steps are necessary to challenge these findings."
- European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen plans a draft law this autumn regarding age-appropriate restrictions, arguing the initiative is not about parental responsibility but "whether and when social media can access our children.
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EU threatens Meta with fines over 'addictive' Facebook and Instagram
News summary produced by Claude AI The European Commission released preliminary findings stating that Meta’s design choices for Facebook and Instagram, including infinite scroll, autoplaying videos, and personalized recommendations, risk promoting excessive and compulsive usage patterns. The regulatory body expressed particular concern about potential impacts on younger users, noting that these features may contribute to unhealthy habits by shif…
Meta faces a fine of up to 6 percent of its total global annual revenue.
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Meta under fresh EU scrutiny over addictive Facebook, Instagram features
New Delhi: The European Commission has warned Meta to change several design features on Facebook and Instagram after concluding that they may encourage compulsive use and expose users, particularly children and teenagers, to online harms, according to news reports. The Commission said Meta's platforms appeared to be in breach of the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) because of features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notificati…
Read the original note in the following link: The European Commission accuses Meta of violating the Digital Services Act for the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook The European Commission has taken a definite step in its regulatory offensive against the big technological giants, issuing a formal preliminary opinion against Meta for the design of its Instagram and Facebook platforms. The Community Executive accuses Mark Zuckerberg's compa…
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