The EU opens a formal DSA investigation into Meta, to assess if Facebook, Instagram, and its other apps were reinforcing “rabbit hole” effects and other issues
Facebook and Instagram owner to be investigated on whether it does enough to protect mental health of young users
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Discussion
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@thierrybreton
Thierry Breton
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🚨 Today we open formal #DSA investigation against #Meta. We are not convinced that Meta has done enough to comply with the DSA obligations — to mitigate the risks of negative effects to the physical and mental health of young Europeans on its platforms Facebook and Instagram. [im…
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@thierrybreton
Thierry Breton
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We will now investigate in-depth: 🚩 Potential addictive & “rabbit hole” effects of the platforms 🚩Effectiveness of age verification tools 🚩 Level of privacy & safety afforded to minors in the functioning of recommender systems We are sparing no effort to protect youth 🇪🇺
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@kayjebelli
Kay Jebelli
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This reads more like the announcement of an infringement decision than the opening of an investigation. Hopefully this isn't another example of prejudged outcomes or targeted enforcement against foreign companies. I get this is an election year but let's not forget due process [i…
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@brd_nk
Berdien van der Donk
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Meta being investigated by the EC for addictive behaviour, rabbit holes, age verification/assurance, and the protection of minors.
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@pietercleppe
Pieter Cleppe
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At the European Commission - once a body dedicated to open up trade between EU member states and between the EU and the rest of the world - it is now open season on US big tech, with its newly acquired and poorly defined DSA powers: https://twitter.com/...
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@stokel
Chris Stokel-Walker
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Man, the EU is not afraid of wielding that power it got through the DSA
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@fredcyrusroeder
Frederik Cyrus Roeder
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Someone asked me what i would do if i could scrap 3 EU rules. The DSA would definitely be one of them. It's more bad than good. Hence net negative value creation = bad for innovation.
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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@ThierryBreton @DigitalEU True
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@eu_commission
@eu_commission
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We've opened formal proceedings against Meta regarding the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram. The systems of both platforms, including their algorithms, may stimulate behavioural addictions in children, as well as create so-called ‘rabbit-hole effects’. More ↓