EU accuses Meta of failing to tackle mental health risks of ‘addictive design’

The European Commission has formally charged Meta with failing to address the mental health risks of Facebook and Instagram's design. According to The Guardian, regulators pinpoint autoplay videos and infinite scroll as mechanisms driving compulsive use—features that put users in an autopilot mode. The EU is calling out these addictive patterns as real threats to well-being.

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