Brussels is going head-to-head with social media platforms to change addictive design.

BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way.

The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design standards for the world’s most popular apps.

  • stravanasu@lemmy.ca
    105·
    5 hours ago

    Of course such measures are much simpler than fixing the current education system, which is the root cause of lack of critical thinking and self-control.

    • themurphy@lemmy.ml
      12·
      4 hours ago

      What-about-ism.

      Why should people looking at social media addiction look at the education system?

      In what world is it a choice between the two?

    • jagermo@feddit.org
      5·
      4 hours ago

      Yes, it could be better. But its also parents who need to get their shit together. I know so many who park their kids in front of tablet, phone or pc - not for a breather or a short distraction, but as the standard way to entertain kids.

      Because they fear that the kids might be bored. But boredom is good, it gets creative juices flowing. However, you have to be hard and tell nagging kids no, and that is hard

      If kids have been inducted to immediately get a phone whenever they whine a bit, there is not much school can do.

      • LukeZaz@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        That’s still a separate issue. Infinite scroll is scarcely ever used in a good way, and is almost always used to encourage addictive behavior; something which affects adults just as much as children. Even on the rare occasion that it isn’t being implemented as an engagement tool, it still often ends up being one anyway. It’s a dark pattern and little else.

        As far as I’m concerned, banning infinite scroll could easily be a very good thing, and I’m in favor.