Meta’s addictive Instagram and Facebook design could lead to billions in fines and a forced redesign

The European Commission says Meta failed to protect users, especially teens, from Instagram and Facebook’s addictive design, and the company could face massive fines.

EU threatens Meta with fines over addictive features on Facebook and Instagram

The tech giant is in breach of the Digital Services Act by focusing on features like infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the highly personalized recommendation algorithms, the European Commission said.

Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’
Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’

Meta is in breach of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), a preliminary investigation has found, over the “addictive” design of Instagram and Facebook. It’s likely to be forced to redesign both apps and could face a fine of up to $12 billion. The European Commission said Meta “did not adequately assess the risks of […]

I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write
I read Careless People, the Meta tell-all — and it made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write

Reading Careless People helped me understand how Facebook’s internal culture may have allowed Mark Zuckerberg’s strange metaverse obsession to become Meta’s defining idea.

Meta’s new image and video AI tools let you turn Instagram into your creative mood board

With Muse Image live and Muse Video in preview, Meta has officially stopped outsourcing its creative AI to Midjourney and Black Forest Labs.

Meta under scrutiny after Instagram approved child abuse advertisements in India

Instagram approved and displayed advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material in India before removing them following an investigation.

Facebook’s Creator Studio has been revived as an AI companion app
Facebook’s Creator Studio has been revived as an AI companion app

Meta is bringing back the Facebook Creator Studio page manager, now “reimagined” as a standalone AI companion app. The new app aims to make it easier for creators to connect with their audiences and show them “exactly how to grow on Facebook,” according to Meta’s announcement. Meta’s AI Creator Assistant is a central focus of […]

Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators

The new app, which is currently being tested with select creators, will have Facebook’s recently launched AI creator assistant built into it.

Meta launches its own smart glasses and one of them is designed by Kylie Jenner

Celebrity partnerships are all the rage right now. Whoop has got Cristiano Ronaldo. Beats partnered with Kim Kardashian. Google inked a deal with NBA legend Steph Curry for the Fitbit Air. Now, Meta is jumping on the bandwagon. Earlier today, the compa…

Facebook now has an answering genie for all your burning questions, just like Google Search

Meta is rolling out AI Mode on Facebook, a new feature that uses Meta AI to answer questions by pulling from public content across Meta apps, rather than returning standard search results.