Meta under two Irish DSA probes over recommenders, interface design (*update)
By Sara Brandstätter ( May 5, 2026, 16:09 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms is facing twin investigations by Ireland's media regulator into its Facebook and Instagram platforms under the EU’s Digital Services Act, focusing on recommender systems and interface design. The probes will assess potential breaches of rules on user choice over non-profiling feeds and the use of “dark patterns” that may steer users away from those options, the regulator said on Tuesday. Meta rejected suggestions that it had breached the DSA.Meta Platforms is being probed under the EU’s Digital Services Act over recommender systems and interface design on its Facebook and Instagram services, the Irish media regulator said on Tuesday....
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