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European Union: European Commission preliminarily finds Meta's addictive design of Instagram and Facebook breaches Digital Services Act

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European Commission preliminarily finds Meta's addictive design of Instagram and Facebook breaches Digital Services Act

On 10 July 2026, the European Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act for the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook, an investigation opened on 16 May 2024 examining infinite scroll, autoplay, push notification…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2023-11-10
under deliberation

On 10 November 2023, the European Commission sent a request for information to Meta regarding risk …

2023-12-01
under deliberation

On 1 December 2023, the European Commission sent a request for additional information to Meta regar…

2024-05-16
under deliberation

On 16 May 2024, the European Commission announced the opening of a formal investigation into Meta r…

2026-04-29
under investigation

On 29 April 2026, the European Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Service…

2026-07-10
under investigation

On 10 July 2026, the European Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services…