EU Launches Major Investigation into Meta’s Child Safety Risks: Are Facebook and Instagram Trapping Kids Down the Rabbit Hole?
Washington, DC – In an unprecedented move, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is facing a major investigation by the European Union over alleged breaches of the bloc’s strict online content law concerning child safety risks. The European Commission announced that it is looking into whether the social media giant’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, could potentially contribute to behavioral addictions in children and create what is known as ‘rabbit-hole effects’. This investigation comes after a …