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  "id": 6240055,
  "title": "Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/australia-to-force-social-media-platforms-to-allow-users-to-opt-out-6240055",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T04:38:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/australia-social-media-algorithm-switch-off-opt-out-digital-duty-of-care"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Draft legislation enforces digital duty of care including limiting children’s exposure to misogynistic and eating disorder content Australia will allow social media account holders to opt out of the powerful algorithms pushing dangerous and divisive content into users’ feeds, part of new laws designed to boost online safety. Users over 16 years of age will be given new tools to turn off…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/australia-to-force-social-media-platforms-to-allow-users-to-opt-out",
        "published": "2026-09-08T04:38:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Australia seeks to curb social media algorithms with new feed choice law",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/australia-seeks-to-curb-social-media-algorithms-with-new-feed-choice",
        "published": "2026-09-08T07:16:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Australia proposes a \"My Feed, My Way\" initiative requiring social platforms to send users a notification asking them to opt in or out of algorithmic content (Clare Armstrong/ABC)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/australia-proposes-a-my-feed-my-way-initiative-requiring-social",
        "published": "2026-09-08T12:00:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Australia to propose social media feed opt-out for users",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/australia-to-propose-social-media-feed-opt-out-for-users",
        "published": "2026-09-09T04:04:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}