Italian bill proposes curbs on social media addiction

Italian senators on Wednesday presented a draft law to tackle social media addiction that seeks to increase the responsibility of online platforms for the way content is distributed to users. It comes amid growing scrutiny across Europe of digital platforms and follows a U.S. ruling last ‌month that ⁠found ⁠Meta and Alphabet’s Google negligent for designing social media platforms deemed harmful to young people.

The proposal, backed by the opposition Democratic Party (PD), would require ​platforms to stop profiling users by default and provide greater transparency over how algorithms determine the content shown to users.