EU charges Meta over Instagram and Facebook features

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The European Commission has charged Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram with breaching the EU's Digital Services Act after a two-year probe, saying the company failed to assess risks from highly personalised recommendations, autoplay and infinite scroll. Regulators said reels and stories can drive excessive use and that Meta's mitigation tools like time management and parental controls are insufficient, and demanded defaults that disable autoplay and infinite scroll, effective screen-time breaks and less engagement-driven recommendations or face fines up to 6% of global turnover. Meta disputes the findings and points to Teen Accounts as part of its response.

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