At the plenary session on Tuesday 12 December, MEPs adopted the report by Kim van Sparrentak (Greens/EFA, Dutch) against digital addiction (see EUROPE B13279A19), calling for a ban on addictive techniques such as endless scrolling or automatic reading on online platforms (545 votes in favour, 12 against, 61 abstentions).
With this report, MEPs are above all asking the Commission to close the existing loopholes, by proposing new legislation to supplement the harmful addictive techniques not...