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Australia plans legislation requiring social platforms to offer a way to turn off recommendation algorithms. Important design choices remain unsettled, including whether users would opt in or opt out. The proposal is not yet the same as an enforceable feature available in every account.
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Australia plans legislation requiring social platforms to offer a way to turn off recommendation algorithms. Important design choices remain unsettled, including whether users would opt in or opt out. The proposal is not yet the same as an enforceable feature available in every account.
A proposed right to switch off recommendations could change social feeds. Defaults and enforcement will determine its value.
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Read the published draft for defaults, scope, penalties and enforcement powers. Watch platform implementation rather than assuming the announcement changes accounts immediately. This is reporting and policy analysis, not legal advice about a final enacted law.
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A proposed right to switch off recommendations could change social feeds. Defaults and enforcement will determine its value.
A proposed right to switch off recommendations could change social feeds. Defaults and enforcement will determine its value.