Australia to propose a law to turn off algorithmic recommendations on social media

The Australian government is preparing a draft law that would force social media platforms to give users the power to switch off the algorithmic recommendation systems. The algorithm controls what appears in people’s feeds on social media and is proposed as part of a new digital duty of care framework. The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to promote this digital duty of care framework at the UN General Assembly in New York later this month, reports the Guardian.