The EU has mandated that Meta alter the addictive design elements of its platforms, including personalized recommendations, autoplay, and infinite scroll, due to their alleged contribution to unhealthy user habits and compulsive use.

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

#EU tells Meta to change its apps' addictive design 🖊️ Eliza Gkritsi Social media giant engineered platforms to "shift the brain into 'autopilot mode," EU says in new findings. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-orders-instagram-facebook-meta-change-addictive-design