'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithms
What to know
- The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about Australia's plans to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of personalised algorithms.S1
- Labor wants to make social media platforms proactively reduce foreseeable harms while giving users control over whether algorithms shape their feeds.S2
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'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithms
The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about Australia's plans to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of personalised algorithms.
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Australians could get the power to switch off social media algorithms
Labor wants to make social media platforms proactively reduce foreseeable harms while giving users control over whether algorithms shape their feeds.
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Published Sep 8, 2026
What to know
- The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about Australia's plans to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of personalised algorithms.S1
- Labor wants to make social media platforms proactively reduce foreseeable harms while giving users control over whether algorithms shape their feeds.S2
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