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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Raziye Akkoc

EU Probes Facebook, Instagram Over Child Protection

The probe is the second looking into Meta's Facebook and Instagram under the EU's new Digital Services Act (Credit: AFP)

The EU on Thursday opened a formal investigation into Facebook and Instagram on suspicion the platforms owned by Meta are causing addictive behaviour in children.

The probe is under a mammoth law known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) that forces the world's largest tech firms to do more to protect European users online and clamp down on illegal content.

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