In October 2025 the European Commission announced preliminary findings that Meta had breached the EU’s Digital Services Act by providing “dark patterns” (designs that discourage reporting) for user complaints about illegal content, meaning users found it too difficult to report child sexual abuse, terrorist content, and other illegal material on Facebook/Instagram. (theguardian.com) For female college users who may use social-media extensively and may care about online safety and rights, this claim highlights that major platforms are under scrutiny for how well they protect users and how accessible their complaint systems are. The claim is supported by official findings; the nuance: the case is still ongoing (preliminary), and the violation is about process (“making difficult”) not necessarily a quantified failure rate. But it’s a valid claim: Meta is found in breach of EU law on user-rights grounds.
