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My feed, My Way: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms (www.pm.gov.au)
submitted 6 hours ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] sealhaslupus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

it’s more likely that the government is going to fumble the legislation

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

It's more likely that the government is compromised by other for-profit interests, and most shit legislation is intentionally hamstrung or loop holed.