The EU is coming after META for the addictive design behind Facebook and Instagram.
Things like "highly personalized recommendations, autoplay and infinite scroll," which "fuel the user's urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain into ‘autopilot mode,' contributing to unhealthy habits and compulsive use,"...
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-orders-instagram-facebook-meta-change-addictive-design/
#EU #META #SocialMedia #AddictiveDesign #Algorithms #EuropeanUnion
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