I don’t drink anymore. I don’t smoke anymore.” He might have shrugged it off, but reports accumulated in his clinic and ...

LONDON -- European Union regulators are investigating Shein over concerns the online retailer hasn't done enough to limit the sale of illegal products or protect users from the platform's allegedly ...

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The head of Instagram has told a court he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media. Adam Mosseri, who has led Instagram since 2018, was testifying during a landmark trial in ...

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri on Wednesday pushed back on claims the platform is dangerously addictive, reportedly telling jurors in a high-profile Los Angeles trial that using the app is more ...

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...

The European Union (EU) on Friday accused TikTok of violating the bloc’s tech laws with its “addictive design” features. The preliminary finding from the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, ...

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...

The European Commission has accused TikTok of creating an "addictive design" in its app which could harm the physical and mental wellbeing of minors and vulnerable adults. It said the platform had ...

The European Commission says TikTok may need ‘to change the basic design’ of its app to comply with the law. The European Commission says TikTok may need ‘to change the basic design’ of its app to ...

The European Commission found that TikTok has not sufficiently limited addictive features such as infinite scroll, which encourages compulsive behaviour. TikTok's addictive design breaches Europe's ...

The European Commission on Friday announced that preliminary conclusions of a two-year investigation found that TikTok was in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act due to its "addictive design".