http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/4283c7ce532fe256 https://verfassungsblog.de/meta-addictive-commission-dsa/ Press-Release Governance - The Question of Legality and the Function of the Commission’s Preliminary Findings Against Meta Morgan, Julian eng 2026-07-14 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Digital Policy Digital Services Act Digital Sovereignty EU European Commission Meta Platform Regulation Tik Tok EU Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 10 July 2026, the European Commission announced that it had preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act for the “addictive design” of Instagram and Facebook. The Commission considers that Meta should disable autoplay and infinite scroll by default, build in real screen-time breaks, and make the recommender system “less engagement-oriented”. The decision is better understood from its strategic and symbolic dimensions in view of its contestable legal basis.