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EU tells Meta to change its apps’ addictive design – POLITICO

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BRUSSELS — The European Commission asked Meta to change the addictive design of its social media platforms Instagram and Facebook or risk fines for breaking the EU's online child safety rules.

The bloc's executive issued its findings under the Digital Services Act on Friday, telling Meta to disable features like autoplay and infinite scroll in its default settings, to implement effective "screen time breaks" and to tweak its recommendation algorithm that is currently driven to maximize engagement.

"The Commission considers that Meta needs to implement design changes to both Instagram and Facebook," the EU's executive said in a statement.