EU Targets Social Media's Addictive Design Features Including Infinite Scrolling
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Summary
The European Union is taking regulatory action against social media platforms' addictive design features, particularly targeting infinite scrolling. Under the Digital Services Act, the EU Commission has outlined its stance for the first time on how social media platforms should be designed, focusing on reducing addictive elements. The move represents Brussels' direct confrontation with major tech companies to force changes in user interface design that promotes compulsive usage.
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· 3 pulledBrussels is going head-to-head with social media platforms to change addictive design.
The findings laid out a week ago mark the first time the Commission has set out its stance on the design of a social media platform under its Digital Services Act.
Jan Penfrat, senior policy adviser at civil rights group EDRi, said it would be 'very...'
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