00:00Most of us, especially children, have already been dragged into endless scrolling on Instagram or Facebook for hours and hours.
00:09This is the result of Meta's key features such as autoplay, highly personalized recommender systems and push notifications.
00:17This is why today the Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act for its addictive design.
00:25Our investigation shows that Meta has not properly assessed these risks nor offered and put in place effective mitigation measures.
00:34There is no effective screen time management tool, no effective awareness raising measures, no effective parental control.
00:42Let's not forget Meta reaches 270 million users in the EU.
00:47Almost half of our children have an Instagram account at the age of 12.
00:52This is even below Meta's own terms and conditions.
00:57All of this together brings real-life consequences.
01:01Children experience anxiety, depression and lack of sleep, to mention just a few.
01:07As you can see with today's decision, we will hold online platforms accountable
01:11because big tech won't make money at the expense of our kids' well-being.
01:17Meta now has the possibility to defend itself.
01:20Thank you.
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