00:00Meanwhile, Australia has proposed giving social media users more control over what they see on their feeds.
00:06In the latest tab in Canberra's push to tighten online safety.
00:10Under the proposed law, social media platforms would have to tell users how their feeds are being selected
00:16and give users the option to turn those recommendations off.
00:23Users would be able to choose between an algorithm-driven feed
00:26or a feed showing only posts from friends and creators they follow.
00:31This is sensible, pragmatic, practical reform.
00:36It gives users choice and it will hold the big tech companies responsible for inaction.
00:43If they don't follow our laws, they will face significant penalties of more than $100 million.
00:50We have an opportunity to shape technology for the better rather than let it shape us.
00:57Platforms that fail to comply in Australia could face penalties of up to $79 million.
01:03Australia follows in the footsteps of the European Union's Digital Services Act,
01:07which has since 2024 required platforms to offer users the option of switching off profiling.
01:13However, the rollout had a bumpy start,
01:16with regulators complaining that platforms did not make it simple enough for users to opt out.
01:21Sorry that's weird.
01:22Oh, so mean and in.
01:24Sorry that's weird.
