Australia wants to let you switch off the social media algorithm.
Australia's government released draft online safety laws on Tuesday. Platforms would have to ask every user over sixteen whether they want a recommended feed at all. Fines reach about 109 million Australian dollars, and the bill goes to parliament this year.
Why it mattersTurning off a recommendation engine would become a setting instead of a favour you cannot request. Regulators elsewhere are watching Australia closely after its ban on under-sixteen social accounts.
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