EU tells Meta to change addictive design features or risk fines under DSA

Download the European Commission press release here. The European Commission (EC) has preliminarily found Meta in breach of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), concluding that the design of Instagram and Facebook exposes users to systemic risks through features that encourage compulsive use. The Commission therefore said Meta should redesign Instagram and Facebook by disabling autoplay and infinite scroll by default, introducing effective screen-time breaks, and modifying its recomm