Social media is “designed to keep our eyes on it – in order to make us look at advertisements”, said Professor Robin Banerjee, who led the research. This means “we’ve got this very, very clear pattern ...

The inventor of the infinite scroll, Aza Raskin, testified in New Mexico, expressing regret over his creation.

Have you ever tried to reach the end of your feed on Facebook, Instagram, or Bluesky? You probably couldn’t, since those ...

The Commission's preliminary ruling identifies TikTok's endless feed, algorithmic recommendations, and lack of built-in usage limits as central to the problem. Officials say the company may ...

BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design ...

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its ...

European Union (EU) regulators are seeking to ban the most addictive features of the TikTok video platform, pushing the company to clamp down on “infinite scrolling” keeping people hooked on the app ...

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children. By Adam Satariano Reporting from London TikTok’s endless ...

The European Commission, the EU's executive body, has made a preliminary ruling that TikTok's algorithms, infinite scrolling, autoplay, and other features have a negative impact on the mental and ...

"At this stage, the Commission considers that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...