Re: Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
Sylvia Else <[email protected]>
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On 11-July-26 8:44 am, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > 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? Auto-play has always seemed to me to be a fraud on their advertisers. And it seems to keep being turned back on. They can be showing advertisements, and charging for them, when there's no one there to watch them. Sylvia.