Australia's Digital Duty of Care Bill: The Algorithm Off Switch That Has Washington Fuming

Australia's Digital Duty of Care Bill landed Tuesday with the most aggressive regulatory framework any Western democracy has imposed on social media platforms. Under the "My Feed, My Way" initiative, every social media platform, search engine, and AI chatbot operating in Australia will be forced to offer users an algorithm opt-out — a pop-up choice between the doomscroll machine and a chronological feed of just the people you follow. For under-16s, platforms must actively prevent...