Australia is taking its fight with Big Tech one step further with a potentially world-first plan to give social media users ...

Australians would be able to switch off social media algorithms under draft legislation to be proposed this week. Communications Minister Anika Wells, who last year helmed the government's world-first ...

Australia's government proposed the "My Feed, My Way" initiative, requiring social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok ...

Australia on Tuesday proposed giving social media users the option to select the content they see on their feeds, marking the next step in the government's push to improve online safety, following its ...

The Australian government plans to introduce another world-first social media law by allowing people the choice to opt out of content recommended by algorithms. Every Australian would be able to ...

As AI advances minute by minute and governments grapple with new developments they don’t know how to manage, holding big tech accountable becomes even more urgent A digital duty of care is about a lot ...

The federal government has released an exposure draft of its long-promised digital duty of care. The headline feature is an “off switch”. Social media platforms would have to ask users, through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anika Wells says social media companies should offer option to switch off algorithms [BBC] Australians would be able to switch off ...

Anika Wells says social media companies should offer option to switch off algorithms Australians would be able to switch off social media algorithms under draft legislation to be proposed this week.