{
  "id": 6620091,
  "title": "I turned off my algorithm for 24 hours. Is this how social media used to be?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/i-turned-off-my-algorithm-for-24-hours-is-this-how-social-media-used-6620091",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-10T15:00:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/11/i-turned-off-my-instagram-algorithm-opt-out-social-media-reforms-australia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thanks to a little-known feature in Instagram, I attempt to travel back to 2012, before everything on the internet was an ad Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast I have a confession. I love my social media algorithm. It is a perfectly curated window into my insane and inquiring mind. It knows precisely which videos will tickle me and which memes will gently distract me…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "I turned off my algorithm for 24 hours. Is this how social media used to be?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/i-turned-off-my-algorithm-for-24-hours-is-this-how-social-media-used",
        "published": "2026-09-10T15:00:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}