{"id":24766,"date":"2026-09-08T12:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/social-media-users-could-opt-out-of-the-algorithm-if-australian-government-has-its-way-but-thats-a-big-if\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:37:15","slug":"social-media-users-could-opt-out-of-the-algorithm-if-australian-government-has-its-way-but-thats-a-big-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/social-media-users-could-opt-out-of-the-algorithm-if-australian-government-has-its-way-but-thats-a-big-if\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way \u2013 but that\u2019s a big if"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed<\/p>\n<p>Social media could become a \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d between the doom-scrolling status quo, or just the feed of the friends you want to see, if the government\u2019s planned digital duty of care legislation passes, and the tech companies don\u2019t muck around on compliance.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s a big if.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/08\/social-media-algorithm-opt-out-australia\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/67e9ede5a7b9b9595b896014b10300d6c74da510\/423_0_3928_3142\/master\/3928.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d65ff0c13f40fd9bf0be65c51ec42a08\" title=\"Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way \u2013 but that\u2019s a big if\" \/>Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed<br \/>\nSocial media could become a \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d between the doom-scrolling status quo, or just the feed of the friends you want to see, if the government\u2019s planned digital duty of care legislation passes, and the tech companies don\u2019t muck around on compliance.<br \/>\nBut that\u2019s a big if. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed Social media could become a \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d between the doom-scrolling status quo, or just the feed of the friends you want to see, if the government\u2019s planned digital duty of care &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/08\/social-media-users-could-opt-out-of-the-algorithm-if-australian-government-has-its-way-but-thats-a-big-if\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way \u2013 but that\u2019s a big if<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24766"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}