Overview
- The Commission issued preliminary DSA findings on Friday that Facebook and Instagram use features that create systemic risks by encouraging prolonged, compulsive use.
- Investigators said infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and highly personalised recommendation systems work together to remove natural stopping cues and extend sessions.
- Brussels told Meta to make defaults safer by disabling autoplay and infinite scroll, adding effective screen‑time breaks, and shifting recommendations away from pure engagement optimisation.
- The Commission judged Meta’s time tools, parental controls and mental‑health resources insufficient and said the company ignored internal data on teenagers’ night‑time use.
- Meta disputes the assessment, will review the case file and submit a written defence, and the DSA process could still lead to binding orders or fines of up to 6% of global turnover.