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Meta Faces Fresh Probe Over ‘Addictive’ Effect on Kids
The EU has launched an investigation into Facebook and Instagram's child protection measures are part of mounting concerns around minors’ use of social media.
“We are not convinced that Meta has done enough to comply with the DSA [Digital Services Act] obligations—to mitigate the risks of negative effects to the physical and mental health of young Europeans on its platforms Facebook and Instagram,” Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal markets commissioner who is leading the investigations, said on X. The investigations into Meta and TikTok under the bloc’s new Digital Services Act rules were separate, a Commission spokesperson said, adding that similarities between the cases simply reflected resemblances in how the platforms work. The Digital Services Act is an expansive rulebook that aims to protect Europeans’ human rights online and took effect for the largest platforms in August last year.
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