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'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithms

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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. Labor wants to make social media platforms proactively reduce foreseeable harms while giving users control over whether algorithms shape their feeds. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • 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.

5d Abc

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.

'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithms

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The brief

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. Labor wants to make social media platforms proactively reduce foreseeable harms while giving users control over whether algorithms shape their feeds. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • 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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S1 BBC 1 report · EN
S2 AbcLead 1 report · EN