{"id":364261,"date":"2026-07-10T21:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=364261"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:11:50","slug":"eu-tells-meta-to-alter-addictive-design-features-on-facebook-instagram-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/eu-tells-meta-to-alter-addictive-design-features-on-facebook-instagram-national\/","title":{"rendered":"EU tells Meta to alter \u2018addictive\u2019 design features on Facebook, Instagram &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The European Union accused Meta on Friday of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable \u201ckey addictive features\u201d like infinite scrolling.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s executive arm issued a fresh set of charges against Meta Platforms as a part of its investigation under the 27-nation bloc\u2019s strict digital rule book often called the Digital Services Act. The sweeping set of regulations from Brussels requires tech platforms to guard web users under threat of hefty fines.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission said Meta didn&#8217;t properly assess the risks its design features pose to the physical and mental health of users, including minors. And while the corporate has tools and controls to assist manage Facebook and Instagram use, it said they were easily overridden, dismissed, or technically difficult to make use of.<\/p>\n<p>Meta \u201cmust implement design changes\u201d to Instagram and Facebook, equivalent to disabling \u201ckey addictive features\u201d like autoplay of videos and infinite scroll so that they\u2019re not turned on by default, the commission said in its preliminary findings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"related_videos\">\n<div class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--video\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title\">Related Videos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"miniplayer-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel 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corporate\u2019s global annual revenue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox because it happens so you will not miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Meta said Friday that the preliminary findings don&#8217;t recognize the steps that the corporate has already taken to guard teens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince this investigation began, we rolled out Teen Accounts that robotically protect teens and put parents on top of things \u2013 allowing them to dam access to Instagram at night and cap day by day screen time at just quarter-hour,\u201d Meta said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe share the European Commission\u2019s commitment to providing teens with secure, positive online experiences and can proceed to have interaction constructively with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Europe is committed to enforcing its laws that holds platforms accountable for addictive design features, said Henna Virkkunen, an executive vice-president on the commission overseeing tech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cProtecting the physical and mental health of Europeans have to be a priority for social media platforms,\u201d Virkkunen said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" 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And the controls are undermined by the technical expertise, effort and time that oldsters need to grasp and use them, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The commission\u2019s proposed design changes also included finding higher ways to encourage screen time breaks, and changing the content advice system in order that it\u2019s less \u201cengagement-oriented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary findings are the most recent charges since Brussels opened its investigation in 2024 over concerns that the social media giant wasn\u2019t doing enough to guard children online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The EU said earlier this yr that Meta had failed to forestall children under 13, the corporate\u2019s minimum age to make use of Facebook and Instagram, from signing up. 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