The European Commission stated that Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, does not adequately consider the impact of its services on users' mental well-being and violates European legislation requirements. According to the regulator, features such as the infinite news feed, auto-play videos, push notifications, and personalized recommendations encourage people to spend increasing amounts of time on the apps. As a result, users become accustomed to using the services automatically, which contributes to the formation of unhealthy habits and compulsive behavior. The Commission also found that Meta ignored data on how much time teenagers spend on the apps at night. Additionally, the company did not take into account information that changes to the Reels and Stories formats could provoke excessive and even addictive use of the platforms. Although Facebook and Instagram already offer tools to limit the time that children and teenagers spend on the apps, the European Commission considers them insufficiently effective. According to officials, the parental control system is too complicated to set up and does little to help reduce service usage time. In this regard, the European Commission proposes to redesign the apps. In particular, auto-play videos and infinite scrolling should not be enabled by default. It is also suggested to implement mandatory reminders about the time spent in front of the screen, and to make recommendation algorithms less focused on keeping users within the apps. Meta now has the opportunity to present its objections. If the company fails to convince the regulator, it could face a fine of up to 6% of its global annual revenue. Considering that Meta's revenue last year was around 180 billion euros, the maximum fine could reach approximately 11 billion euros. After the final decision is made, the company will be able to appeal it in the European Court. This is already the second case in recent months where the European Commission has raised concerns against Meta. In April, the regulator stated that the company was not effectively preventing children under 13 from using Facebook and Instagram. Meta also faces a significant fine in this case. Previously, the European Commission raised concerns against the Chinese platform TikTok — also due to design elements that contribute to addiction. Last year, Meta was already fined 200 million euros for a subscription model that required users to either agree to the use of personal data for advertising or pay for ad-free access to the services. European authorities continue to tighten control over the largest digital platforms. New claims against Meta indicate that regulators are now focusing not only on data privacy issues but also on the influence of algorithms and social media design on user behavior and mental health.