Meta risks $12B EU fine over addictive Instagram and Facebook feeds

Meta is successful breach of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), a preliminary probe has found, implicit the "addictive" plan of Instagram and Facebook. It's apt to beryllium forced to redesign some apps, and could look a good of up to $12 billion.

The European Commission said Meta "did not adequately measure the risks of its addictive plan connected the carnal and intelligence wellbeing of users, including minors and susceptible adults." It singled retired features similar personalized recommendations, autoplay, and infinite scroll, arguing that they "fuel the user's impulse to support scrolling and displacement the encephalon into 'autopilot mode.'"

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