Australia wants social media users to be able to switch off recommendation algorithms
Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Australia plans to introduce a bill requiring social media platforms to let users disable personalized recommendation algorithms.
- The legislation would establish a “digital duty of care” for technology companies.
- The bill is expected to be presented to the Australian parliament this week.
Australia wants social media users to have the option of switching off the algorithms that personalize the content they see.
A minister announced the plan on Monday as Canberra continued its efforts to regulate social media platforms. The proposed legislation would introduce a “digital duty of care” and is expected to go before parliament this week.
The bill would require technology giants to give users the ability to disable recommendation systems tailored to their tastes. Those systems are designed to keep people scrolling through videos on their screens, the report says.
The measure would place Australia at the forefront of efforts to regulate social media activity, according to the article.
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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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