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Your morning scroll could look very different under new draft laws from the federal government, which plan to give social media users the chance to switch off the algorithm shaping their feed.

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[โ€“] Hotstillnasty@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

How will we know that the algorithm is turned off and not a small twist with the same general outcome. Who will verify it? This is just a click bait law designed to do nothing just like the under 16 yr ban that did nothing

[โ€“] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What's the point of writing 1200 words and interviewing multiple pollies for opinions on a bill that hasn't even been published yet? This reads like manufactured controversy