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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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[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 hours ago

They can't, if they do they're calling out the social media sites for purposely targeting addictive algorithms and then this bandaid fix will be noticed for the bandaid fix it is. Most people don't know social media uses specifically designed to be addictive algorithms. What happens if everyone knows that. So they flatten out the language.