Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Social media networks are optimized for what they call “engagement” --
that is features that, by their nature, almost invariably lead to
addictive behaviour from their users. Because that is an inseparable
part of the mechanism by which they earn their revenue.

Now the EU regulatory authorities are taking direct aim at these very
features of those networks
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/disable-auto-play-and-infinite-scroll-or-risk-massive-fines-eu-tells-meta/>.
Can it succeed in reining them in?
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