🤳 Open phone for one thing. 1h later, you remember it again, after feeling your brain melted by doomscrolling and brainrot.
That’s not a personal failure — it’s by design. The EU wants to curb it. Big Tech is #lobbying hard to keep you hooked.
👀 our new report 👇
https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/addicted-algorithm-how-big-tech-lobbies-keep-us-hooked-social-media
The EU Commission is preparing a Digital Fairness Act with measures against addictive design of social media 👏
Our new investigation reveals intense #lobbying by Big Tech to block such measures 🚨
Will EU decision-makers stand up against Big Tech lobbying?
#DFA
https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/addicted-algorithm-how-big-tech-lobbies-keep-us-hooked-social-media
Check out ‘Addicted to the algorithm: how Big Tech lobbies to keep us hooked on social media’
Big Tech #lobbyists:
- enjoyed privileged access to EU decision-makers
- made false claims about online safety
- argued new rules harm EU 'simplification' agenda
