{"id":534646,"date":"2026-07-10T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/534646\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:38:09","slug":"instagram-and-facebook-must-remove-addictive-features-like-infinite-scrolling-or-face-heavy-fines-eu-tells-meta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/534646\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram And Facebook Must Remove \u2018Addictive\u2019 Features Like Infinite Scrolling \u2014Or Face Heavy Fines, EU Tells Meta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline<\/p>\n<p class=\"topline-summary\">The European Union ordered Meta to enact major design changes to its social media platforms, Instagram and Facebook, and to disable \u201caddictive design\u201d elements like infinite scroll and autoplay videos, or face large fines, in the bloc&#8217;s latest regulatory action against a U.S. tech platform under its Digital Services Act.<\/p>\n<p>The EU&#8217;s investigation deemed certain Instagram and Facebook features like infinite scrolling as &#8220;addictive design.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty ImagesKey Facts<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline-fact\">The European Commission, the EU\u2019s executive body, <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_26_1579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_26_1579\" aria-label=\"said its investigation found\">said its investigation found<\/a>  Meta did not adequately assess the risks of its \u201caddictive design on the physical and mental wellbeing of users, including minors and vulnerable adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"timeline-fact\">The Commission highlighted Facebook and Instagram features like autoplay videos, infinite scrolling timelines and \u201chighly personalized recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline The European Union ordered Meta to enact major design changes to its social media platforms, Instagram and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[243779,114,1685,2257,85,243780,1114,46,1430],"class_list":["post-534646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-addictive-design","tag-business","tag-european-union","tag-facebook","tag-il","tag-infinite-scrolling","tag-instagram","tag-israel","tag-meta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}