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The Labor Party is expected to release legislation requiring social media companies to allow users to turn off algorithms controlling the content in their feeds (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The news headline is not the text of the legislation. What people understand and what's appropriate to put into legislation are two different things.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

But the article doesn’t give any additional info and it’s therefore only there to rile up people against “the spooky algos”

[–] Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Like I said, people know what "the algorithm" is and what it's not.