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Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] 8 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Article is light on details. I'm curious how they define what is "algorithm"-generated content and what isn't.

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  • [–] 3 points 14 hours ago

    I think the general idea is to go from a 'weighted' feed showing promoted or 'trending content' to a chronological feed showing newest to oldest of your friends posts.
    Thats the way they have been framing it from what i have heard on the news.

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