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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.

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[-] pglpm@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days 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 19 points 2 days 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?

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