Australia requires user choice over default social feeds

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Australia is targeting social-media algorithms by requiring platforms to notify users and give them a choice over their default feed. The rules aim to make algorithmic feeds configurable rather than automatically set.

WHO: Australia

WHAT: New user-choice rules require social-media platforms to notify users and offer a choice over their default feed.

WHEN: Reported Sep 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM ET

WHERE: Australia

WHY: Cause not yet established.

How this story developed (showing 3 of 3 earlier reports)

Australia considers power to switch off social media algorithms · Sep 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM ET
Australia to let users switch off social media algorithms · Sep 7, 2026 at 6:06 AM ET
Australia proposes opt-out rules for social media feeds · Sep 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM ET

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