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EU Commission preliminarily finds Meta’s addictive design breaches the DSA

The EU Commission has preliminarily concluded that Instagram and Facebook use addictive design features that expose users, including minors

Study reveals how short-form videos exploit brain's pleasure circuitry to hook users

TikTok, Instagram and YouTube clips are designed to overwhelm the brain's pleasure circuitry and keep people watching. Researchers say short

The EU says Facebook and Instagram are designed to be addictive

The addictive design of Facebook and Instagram may violate the European Union’s Digital Services Act, according to preliminary findings publ

Commission slams Meta’s ‘addictive’ design of Facebook and Instagram for breaching EU law

Meta is being investigated for its deliberately addictive design features. “If features such as infinite scroll or surveillance advertising