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Irish Regulator to Probe Facebook and Instagram Feeds Over User Profiling Claims
Technology
Published on 6 May 2026
A recommender system that learns your habits is under scrutiny
Ireland’s media regulator has opened a probe into Meta’s recommender system used by Facebook and Instagram. The investigation will examine whether users’ feeds are “selected and ranked” by a system that learns from what they like, interact with, or spend time on. Regulators are testing how recommendation logic may affect profiling and content delivery.
- Ireland’s media regulator is investigating Meta’s Facebook and Instagram recommender systems
- The probe focuses on whether feeds are ranked based on user behavior
- Regulators will assess learning from likes, interactions, and time spent
- Potential implications for how profiling and content recommendations operate
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