EU tells Instagram, Facebook to change addictive features or risk fines

EU regulators charged Meta with breaching digital services rules by designing Instagram and Facebook features—autoplay, infinite scroll, personalised recommendations—to maximise user engagement and addiction risk. Meta faces potential fines up to 6% of global annual turnover and must disable these features by default or redesign its recommendation system before a final Commission decision.

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