00:00The European Commission has preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services
00:04Act, opening the door to a multi-billion euro fine over allegations that the tech giant
00:09intentionally designed its core platforms to exploit and hook young users.
00:13The executive charge sheet explicitly targets highly addictive features including infinite
00:18scroll, video autoplay, and push notifications, which regulators argue shift the human brain
00:24into an unthinking autopilot mode.
00:26Consequently, investigators concluded that Meta deliberately disregarded internal data
00:32showing how late-night usage damages the mental and physical well-being of teenagers.
00:37While Meta maintains that its current controls protect adolescents, European officials dismissed
00:42the existing time management and parental safety tools as fundamentally ineffective and easily
00:47bypassed by minors.
00:49The Commission has demanded structural changes to force less engagement-driven layouts, giving
00:54the company a formal window to examine the evidence and launch a legal defense.
01:00If these preliminary findings are ultimately confirmed, Meta faces an unprecedented financial
01:05penalty capped at 6% of its annual global turnover, a sum exceeding 11 billion euros based on recent
01:13revenue figures.
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