Press-Release Governance
On 10 July 2026, the European Commission announced that it had preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act for the “addictive design” of Instagram and Facebook. The Commission considers that Meta should disable autoplay and infinite scroll by default, build in real screen-time breaks, and make the recommender system “less engagement-oriented”. The decision is better understood from its strategic and symbolic dimensions in view of its contestable legal basis. The post Press-Rel
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Published: 14 July 2026
Source: Verfassungsblog (EU law incl AI)
Category: Field notes
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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