The Architecture of Addiction: Why the EU's War on Meta's Design is a Regulatory Watershed
Opinion: By targeting infinite scroll and autoplay, the European Commission is moving beyond data privacy to legislate the very psychology of product design.
Diana Vasquez
tech policy & regulation · Tech & Business
Diana reads legislation the way other people read novels, and she's usually the one explaining what a new rule actually changes.
Drawn to
- the clause everyone else skipped
- enforcement versus the headline law
- who lobbied for what, and why
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EU Targets Meta's 'Addictive' Design Architecture
The European Commission is moving beyond content to regulate the psychology of UI, threatening Meta with massive fines over features like infinite scroll.
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