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TikTok's 'Addictive Design' Found to Be Illegal in Europe in breach of the Digital Services Act (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu)
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The Commission's investigation preliminarily indicates that TikTok did not adequately assess how these addictive features could harm the physical and mental wellbeing of its users, including minors and vulnerable adults.

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[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

100% agreed, my only quibble was calling Lemmy a text based site.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It can be text based and still contain images and video, no?

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

When its spread between all of them pretty evenly, is it still text based?