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    Europe is coming after infinite scroll – TikTok’s endless feed is now a legal problem

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    3. Happy_Bread_1 on

      This is not so about the infinite scrolling as I couldn’t care less, but more about the principle the government has to step in tackling the lack of self-control and discipline. And to what end is it such a thing going to stop? Obesity is increasing as well for example because some can’t stop overeating and eat too much junk.

    4. Nattekat on

      This is what they should be after, not the social outlet for teens. I really hope something comes out of this. 

    5. DaoNight23 on

      This is somewhere near the 500th place on the list of pressing issues the EU should be working on.

    6. Goosepond01 on

      It’s either going to be useless or it’s going to end up being rolled in to the whole nonsense of internet control that the EU and others are doing at the moment.

      people will just switch to some platform with infinite scroll or bypass it somehow, or countries are going to have to be very harsh about allowing different companies from allowing their app to work in their country and that will just end up with more internet censorship.

      fed up of people looking at a legitimate issue (social media addiction) and just deciding the government should baby us even more

    9. Beyllionaire on

      Tbh

      It’s just meant to make you addicted. However they shouldn’t make it too restrictive. If I want to fry my brain by scrolling endlessly, it’s my right.

      Alcohol and cigarette addictions are way more dangerous yet they aren’t banned.

    10. Hartax_ on

      Anyone who supports this are bots created by lobbyists. There’s no way anyone feels comfortable being micromanaged by the government like this.

    14. kkapulic on

      Televison too, people are staring into it like zombies for whole days and destroy their minds with soap operas and reality shows. At least social media requires some reaction from user.

    15. ChanceViolinist8 on

      Why are we even talking about this in the middle of an informational hybrid war that is on course to topple our democracies? Let’s focus on fighting that first and then we can tackle dark UX patterns.

      Also, even if we were for a moment to look at breaking up addiction, this is as bad as the cookies way of doing it and it’s only going to make UX worse for the user. Just focus on requiring proper parental controls built in devices and run proper information campaigns to inform parents and users of brain rot risks.

    16. XtremeBadgerVII on

      Y’all really want your politicians dictating how you use your free time? You’re not responsible enough to have self control so the govt needs to control every aspect of your life? Giving up liberty for “safety” is accelerating the decent into govt authoritarianism.

    17. SensationalBroccoli on

      I wonder how they’ll legally define “addictive design patterns”. Companies will certainly be using every loophole of the definition.

    18. DeathBySentientStraw on

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