My feed, My Way: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1387463/my-feed-my-way-australia-to-force-social-media-platforms-to-allow-users-to-opt-out-of-al

www.pm.gov.au/media/my-feed-my-way

I really really REALLY hope this is phrased well. Otherwise it is impossible to implement. People don’t know what an algorithm is.

Sorting by date uses an algorithm. Filtering by tag uses an algorithm. Even counting out a number of posts uses an algorithm. An algorithm is not some magic oracle but just a list of instructions like a cooking recipe.

Knowing the Australian government and their long track record of not understanding technology I think it’s a given that it will be phrased badly and be unworkable.