'Good to have choice': Australians on opting out of social media algorithms

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Source: www.bbc.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center · Published: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:20:10 GMT

The BBC spoke to people in Sydney about Australia's plans to force social media companies to allow users to easily opt in or out of personalised algorithms.