# D3 brings class actions on addictive design against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-10-08
- Original: https://edri.org/our-work/d3-brings-class-actions-on-addictive-design-against-facebook-instagram-tiktok-and-youtube/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/593199
- Topics: Social Media

## Summary

The Portuguese digital rights organisation and EDRi member D3 announces that it has brought four class actions lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube over the use of addictive design practices. The cases challenge design practices that can encourage compulsive use of online platforms and seek to hold platforms accountable for the way their services affect users. Similar initiatives might come up in other EU Member States as part of a broader European response. The post D3 bring

## Full text

The Portuguese digital rights organisation and EDRi member D3 announces that it has brought four class actions lawsuits against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube over the use of addictive design practices. The cases challenge design practices that can encourage compulsive use of online platforms and seek to hold platforms accountable for the way their services affect users. Similar initiatives might come up in other EU Member States as part of a broader European response.

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