Australia will make platforms prompt users to switch off algorithmic feeds
Australia has published draft legislation that would require social media platforms to show users recurring prompts offering to turn the algorithmic feed off.
The exposure draft of the Digital Duty of Care bill went out this week, Reuters reported, and carries penalties above A$100m for breaches.
Plenty of jurisdictions have established that users should be able to escape recommender systems; almost none require the platform to keep asking whether they would like to.
A right nobody knows about, buried three levels into a settings menu, is worth roughly what the platform wants it to be worth, and this bill is an attempt to price that in.
The wider duty of care runs alongside it. Platforms would have to identify and mitigate risks on their services, prevent the sharing of harmful and illegal material, and take specific measures to protect minors from content relating to body image, bullying and other...
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