EU Issues Preliminary Finding Against Meta Over Instagram and Facebook Design

Regulators determine that the platforms' features encourage addictive use by minors and direct the company to change them or face penalties.

EU regulators have issued a preliminary finding that Meta violated the Digital Services Act through design choices on Instagram and Facebook that push addictive patterns, particularly among minors. The determination follows the commission's earlier plan to examine those same features and now requires Meta to propose fixes.

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