EU investigates Facebook owner Meta over child safety and mental health concerns
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from on (#6MVF2)
Company's social media platforms, which also include Instagram, may have addictive effects, says European Commission
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The European Commission has opened an investigation into the owner of Facebook and Instagram over concerns that the platforms are creating addictive behaviour among children and damaging mental health.
The EU executive said Meta may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA), a landmark law passed by the bloc last summer that makes digital companies large and small liable for disinformation, shopping scams, child abuse and other online harms.
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