Published: May 16th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

The EU Commission has initiated a formal procedure against Meta to examine whether the provider of Facebook and Instagram has violated the Digital Services Act (DSA) regarding the protection of minors. „We are concerned that the systems of Facebook and Instagram, including their algorithms, foster addictive behavior in children and create so-called ‘rabbit hole effects’,“ said Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager.