Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan

Source: The Guardian 18 minutes ago

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The Trump administration will confront Australia over its plan to force digital platforms to take down harmful content and let users opt out of algorithm-generated “for you” feeds.

Big tech companies would be fined over $100m for breaching the proposed laws and the Australian government is under pressure to raise those fines even further.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/trump-administration-to-confront-australia-over-labors-social-media-algorithm-plan

Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan

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