{
  "id": 14610286,
  "title": "Australia says won't let big tech have 'unfettered' access to kids",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/australia-says-wont-let-big-tech-have-unfettered-access-to-kids-14610286",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-15T03:47:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/australia-says-wont-let-big-tech-have-unfettered-access-to-kids/articleshow/134956713.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia said Thursday it refused to allow big tech to have \"unfettered\" access to its kids as it formally introduced new legislation that would give users choice over what they see on their feeds. \"I wholeheartedly believe one day we will look back on Australia's minimum age for social media and think, 'I cannot believe we used to let big tech have unfettered access to our children'.\"",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Australia says won’t let big tech have ‘unfettered’ access to kids",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/australia-says-wont-let-big-tech-have-unfettered-access-to-kids",
        "published": "2026-10-15T03:28:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Today",
        "title": "Australia says it won't let big tech have 'unfettered' access to kids",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/australia-says-it-wont-let-big-tech-have-unfettered-access-to-kids",
        "published": "2026-10-15T04:05:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}