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May 6, 2026European Law OpenOpen Access

Social media addiction and the Digital Services Act: mitigation measures or missed opportunities? An intra-active critique

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WMWill R. Mbioh

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This critique explores how the Digital Services Act addresses platform addiction and its impact on risk allocation, indicating vital mitigation measures could be overlooked.

Key Points

  • To analyze the Digital Services Act's understanding of platform addiction and its effects on regulation.
  • Analyzed the architecture of the Digital Services Act
  • Identified four dominant models of platform addiction
  • Applied concepts of intra-action and diffraction from Karen Barad
  • Argues that addiction should be seen as an emergent phenomenon
  • Highlights that the DSA adopts a simplistic, linear view of addiction
  • Suggests that the Act's approach results in uneven risk allocation

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Will R. Mbioh (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69faa30204f884e66b5338ddhttps://doi.org/10.1017/elo.2026.10081
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