To target doomscrolling, the Australian government is making it mandatory for social media platforms to add a prominent ...

The head of Instagram says the average person who turns off their algorithm will have a much worse "user experience", as Australia debates new opt-out laws.

The Albanese government has introduced its digital duty of care legislation to parliament today. The bill includes an “off ...

More news: Greens communications spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young is ready to back the government if it introduces opt-in rules for social media algorithms. In a statement on Sunday afternoon AEST, ...

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We won’t see content marketing revert to 2012, when brands would publish to a chronological feed and hope their followers are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia's government confirmed on Tuesday that it would seek to implement legislation to enable all social media users to opt ...

A social media crackdown that would force tech giants to offer an algorithm opt-out faces major hurdles after a key minor party dismissed proposed penalties as “bugger all.” An exposure draft of a ...

Australians would be able to choose to opt out of social media algorithms as the federal government revealed how its new legislation would work.

Meta has added Facebook to its growing list of platforms giving users greater control over the algorithms deciding what ...

Draft laws would create an opt-out system to turn off algorithms on social media platforms. The bill would also make social media companies responsible for minimising and preventing harm on their ...

Ms Plibersek told ABC Insiders on Sunday there was “more to do” to tackle the “huge role” of social media platforms in the rise of sexual violence in young people, especially the practice commonly ...