“These features fuel the user's urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain into ‘autopilot mode', contributing to unhealthy habits and compulsive use.”
英語の原文
法的状況暫定的な判断であり、最終決定ではありません。Metaは反論が可能です。
European Commission · 2026-07-10
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ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM2/13
5秒でわかる
Instagram
欧州委員会: 中毒的な設計（暫定判断）
マイク, 正確な位置情報, 連絡先 +3へのアクセスを求める可能性あり
14 ユーザに関連付けられたデータの種類
$57.03 a year from each person using its apps, worldwide (their own figure)
ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM3/13
Follow the money · what each user brings in
$57.03
a year from each person using its apps, worldwide
“Our annual worldwide ARPP in 2025, which represents the sum of quarterly ARPP during such period, was $57.03, an increase of 15% from 2024.”
英語の原文
ABOUIT'S READINGYour time, priced by them: their own average, from their report to investors.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-01-29
ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM4/13
心身への影響 · European Commission
子どもの依存を助長する恐れ。
“The Commission is concerned that the systems of both Facebook and Instagram, including their algorithms, may stimulate behavioural addictions in children, as well as create so-called 'rabbit-hole effects'.”
英語の原文
法的状況同日付で正式な手続きを開始。調査段階であり判断ではありません。
European Commission · 2024-05-16
ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM5/13
研究報告 · JAMA Pediatrics 2023
頻繁な確認:脳の変化と関連。
“The results of this cohort study suggest that social media checking behaviors in early adolescence may be associated with changes in the brain's sensitivity to social rewards and punishments.”
英語の原文
根拠の種類One peer-reviewed study of 169 adolescents with brain scans over three years. An association, not proof of cause. Paid for by: US National Institute on Drug Abuse.
“Substantially all of our revenue is currently generated from marketers advertising on Facebook and Instagram.”
英語の原文
解説収益源についての企業自身の説明です。
Meta Platforms, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-01-29
ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM9/13
理由 · 投資家への説明
収益は利用時間で決まります。
“If we are unable to maintain or increase our user base and user engagement, particularly for our significant revenue-generating products like Facebook and Instagram, our revenue and financial results may be adversely affected.”
英語の原文
解説要するに: 利用時間が減ると業績が悪化すると企業は説明しています。
Meta Platforms, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-01-29
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ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM10/13
Follow the money · who owns it
60.8%
of the votes: Mark Zuckerberg
💼Entities affiliated with BlackRock 2.8%💼Entities affiliated with FMR LLC 2.4%
ABOUIT'S READINGOne person has the final say. Users have no vote.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) filed with the US SEC on 2026-04-16
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ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM11/13
お金を追う · ロビー活動
€10M+
a year on lobbying the EU, as the company declares
出どころMeta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries declares spending €10,000,000 or more in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025). The company's own figure, not audited.
EU Transparency Register · entry 28666427835-74 · last updated by the company on 2026-03-20
ABOUIT · INSTAGRAM12/13
Follow the money · what the bosses are paid for
Theirpayistiedto:revenue.
“In 2025, our compensation, nominating & governance committee took into account the company's financial performance, and in particular revenue, when determining the company performance percentage for payouts under the Bonus Plan.”
英語の原文
ABOUIT'S READINGThe bosses earn more when the company earns more.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) filed with the US SEC on 2026-04-16
Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.
No receipt about Instagram yet. read — nothing found yet First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 (stopped) · privacy policy read 2026-11-12 · terms of use read 2026-11-12
Re-reading its policies and checking the Internet Archive for new versions.
Area by area
Read the details
What we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.
How Instagram's own help pages say you can reach a person, quoted as written on the date given. We did not contact them. Not tested by us; not a score.
Close-account article: not read: its text did not reach our reader (often built by JavaScript) (page)
What the stores and its help centre say
The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.
App Store (US), as the listing showed it
“Data Used to Track You”: “Contact Info”, “Identifiers”, “Other Data”
Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Closing the account, per its help centre: not read: the page our reader received had almost no readable text. 2026-11-09 · source
Androidアプリ内部の検証
What an independent analysis of the published app file lists for Instagram (Android version 454.0.0.54.77, report of 2026-11-04). A permission says what the app can ask the phone for, not what it does with it. A newer version may differ.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION · 2026-07-10 · ABOUT INSTAGRAM
Commission preliminarily finds the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act
“The investigation focuses on features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the platforms' highly personalised recommender systems.”
“These features fuel the user's urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain into ‘autopilot mode', contributing to unhealthy habits and compulsive use.”
“Moreover, Meta disregarded available information about the time minors spend on Instagram or Facebook at night and how the optimisation of its different formats - such as reels and stories - could lead to excessive or compulsive use of the services.”
“For example, Instagram's and Facebook's time management tools, including those activated by default for teens, can be easily dismissed and do not lead to a meaningful reduction and control of the usage of the service.”
Status: A preliminary finding, not a final decision. Meta can reply.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION · 2026-04-29 · ABOUT INSTAGRAM
Commission preliminarily finds Meta in breach of Digital Services Act for failing to prevent minors under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook
“Meta's assessment contradicts large bodies of evidence from all over the European Union indicating that roughly 10-12% of children under 13 are accessing Instagram and/or Facebook.”
“For example, when creating an account, minors below 13 can enter a false birth date that makes them at least 13 years old, with no effective controls in place to check the correctness of the self-declared date of birth.”
Status: A preliminary finding, not a final decision. Meta can reply.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION · 2024-05-16 · ABOUT INSTAGRAM
Commission opens formal proceedings against Meta under the Digital Services Act related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram
“The Commission is concerned that the systems of both Facebook and Instagram, including their algorithms, may stimulate behavioural addictions in children, as well as create so-called 'rabbit-hole effects'.”
Status: Formal proceedings opened on this date. An investigation, not a finding.
NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL AND 32 OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL · 2023-10-24 · ABOUT INSTAGRAM
Attorney General James and Multistate Coalition Sue Meta for Harming Youth
“The lawsuit alleges that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram, Facebook, and its other social media platforms that purposefully addict children and teens.”
Status: A lawsuit filed in court. These are allegations, not a ruling.
DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION (IRELAND) · 2022-09-02 · ABOUT INSTAGRAM
Inquiry concerning the processing of personal data relating to child users of the Instagram social networking service
“At certain times, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited operated a user registration system for the Instagram service whereby the accounts of child users were set to “public” by default, thereby making public the social media content of child users, unless the account was otherwise set to “private” by changing the account privacy settings.”
“The DPC’s decision imposed administrative fines totalling €405 million on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.”
Status: A regulator's decision of this date. We have not checked whether it is under appeal.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE · 2024-09-25 · SOCIAL MEDIA IN GENERAL
Teens, screens and mental health
“New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022.”
“More than 1 in 10 adolescents (11%) showed signs of problematic social media behaviour, struggling to control their use and experiencing negative consequences.”
Status: About social media in general, not about this app alone.
Peer-reviewed studies about social media in general, not about Instagram alone. Each is one study: an association in a sample, not proof of cause. Studies do not all agree, and we show one that found the link is small.
JAMA PEDIATRICS · 2023-02-01 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY
Association of Habitual Checking Behaviors on Social Media With Longitudinal Functional Brain Development
“The results of this cohort study suggest that social media checking behaviors in early adolescence may be associated with changes in the brain's sensitivity to social rewards and punishments.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed study of 169 adolescents with brain scans over three years. An association, not proof of cause.
誰が資金を出したか: US National Institute on Drug Abuse (public money). As listed in the study's Europe PMC record.
JAMA PSYCHIATRY · 2019-12-01 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY
Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth
“Adolescents who spend more than 3 hours per day using social media may be at heightened risk for mental health problems, particularly internalizing problems.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed study of 6,595 US adolescents. An association, not proof of cause. About social media in general.
誰が資金を出したか: US National Institute on Drug Abuse (public money) · Canadian Institutes of Health Research (public money). As listed in the study's Europe PMC record.
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR · 2019-01-14 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY
The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use
“The association we find between digital technology use and adolescent well-being is negative but small, explaining at most 0.4% of the variation in well-being.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed analysis of 355,358 adolescents. It found the link is small: studies do not all agree.
誰が資金を出したか: The study's Europe PMC record lists no funder. That is not the same as no funding.
Sentences copied word for word from the latest annual report of the company behind Instagram. Companies must tell investors what their business depends on.
“Substantially all of our revenue is currently generated from marketers advertising on Facebook and Instagram.”
Where the money comes from, in the company's own words.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-01-29 · source · SHA-256 a1e7244352ab…
“Our annual worldwide ARPP in 2025, which represents the sum of quarterly ARPP during such period, was $57.03, an increase of 15% from 2024.”
Your time, priced by them: their own average, from their report to investors.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-01-29 · source · SHA-256 a1e7244352ab…
“If we are unable to maintain or increase our user base and user engagement, particularly for our significant revenue-generating products like Facebook and Instagram, our revenue and financial results may be adversely affected.”
In plain words: when people use it less, the company says its results suffer.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-01-29 · source · SHA-256 a1e7244352ab…
“Our CEO has control over key decision making as a result of his control of a majority of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock.”
They decide how the app works. Users have no vote.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-01-29 · source · SHA-256 a1e7244352ab…
“In 2025, our compensation, nominating & governance committee took into account the company's financial performance, and in particular revenue, when determining the company performance percentage for payouts under the Bonus Plan.”
The bosses earn more when the company earns more.
Meta Platforms, Inc. · proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) filed with the US SEC on 2026-04-16 · source · SHA-256 b10311afcfdd…
ロビー活動：会社自身の申告
EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER · 2026-03-20 · THE MAKER OF INSTAGRAM
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries declares spending €10,000,000 or more in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025).
People it declares working on this, in full-time equivalents: 44.
どんな数字か: This is the company's own declaration. The register does not audit it, and it covers everything the company does, not this app alone. EU only.
US LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT · 2026-10-20 · THE MAKER OF INSTAGRAM
Meta Platforms, Inc. and various subsidiaries reports spending $5,880,000 in three months on lobbying the US government (Jul 2026 to Sep 2026).
どんな数字か: This is the company's own quarterly report under US law. It covers everything the company does, not this app alone, and only what the law counts as lobbying.
Whole sentences copied exactly from Instagram's own documents, grouped by subject. Their words, not yet tested: this is quotation, not a finding, and no jury has looked at it. Each sentence links to the archived copy it came from.
MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum legal age in your country to use Instagram."
"And if we sell or transfer all or part of our business to someone else, in some cases we’ll give the new owner your information as part of that transaction, but only as the law allows."
"If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make available in our Service (for example, images, designs, videos, or sounds we provide that you add to content you create or share), we retain all rights to our content (but not yours)."
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2026-03-08"For processing information when the law requires it: Where we are under an obligation to disclose information such as, for example, if we receive a valid legal request for certain information such as a search warrant, we will access, preserve and/or share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2026-08-12"Where we are under an obligation to disclose information such as, for example, if we receive a valid legal request for certain information such as a search warrant, we will access, preserve and/or share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others."
欧州委員会: 中毒的な設計（暫定判断）
マイク, 正確な位置情報, 連絡先 +3へのアクセスを求める可能性あり
14 ユーザに関連付けられたデータの種類
$57.03 a year from each person using its apps, worldwide (their own figure)
