Portugal joins France and Italy in suing platforms over addictive design
- Portugal joins France and Italy in legal action against social-media platforms over allegedly addictive designs.
- Portuguese digital rights group D3 filed four collective lawsuits against Meta, TikTok and YouTube, targeting features designed to keep users engaged.
- The group flagged infinite scrolling, autoplay and personalised recommendations, saying they create behavioural loops similar to gambling.
- The lawsuits seek safer platform designs, as global scrutiny grows over social media’s addictive features and user wellbeing.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
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