Australia to opt out of social media algorithms, Albanese confirms (smh.com.au)

It's refreshing to feel us try and push the societal envelope again after two decades of stagnation. I only hope it doesn't go the way our proposed-but-torpedoed carbon emissions tax in the late 2000s and the butchered NBN rollout of the 2010s.

Oh, I wonder if this means GitHub's forced activity feed that was pushed onto everyone a while back will be wound back then?

That's the one where they started giving everyone an algorithm driven engagement feed, instead of showing the latest changes from the projects you'd bookmarked.

Their new feed had ~99% user rejection, but (from rough memory) was apparently cheaper to operate so GitHub did it anyway.

Opt out instead of a full ban? I can't believe Australia of all countries is the one enforcing user choice. EU should take notes.

Could the adults get that too?

Better article without paywall:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/austr...