US intervention on Australia policy marked by public nature, diplomatic rarity
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Coverage emphasizes that while governments routinely comment on foreign policies, direct public interventions into another country's domestic debate are "exceedingly rare." The timing coincides with PM Albanese's visit to the US to promote Australian tech policies at the UN.
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Anthony Albanese Australian Prime MinisterKush Desai White House spokespersonAnika Wells Australian Communications Minister
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first by Japan Times, 1d ago · also Bloomberg Tech, Social Media Today, Sydney Morning Herald, Reuters, Channel News Asia, NYT Asia Pacific +3
7 more headlines
- US Rebukes Australia for Plan to Target Social Media Algorithms Bloomberg Tech · 1d ago
- US opposes Australia's proposed social media restrictions Social Media Today · 21h ago
- Albanese defends Australia's social media crackdown from Trump admin's ‘censorship’ blast Sydney Morning Herald · 21h ago
- US warns Australia's social media algorithm reforms risk ‘facilitating censorship’ Reuters · 21h ago
- U.S. Rebukes Australia Over Proposed Limits on Social Media Algorithms NYT Asia Pacific · 18h ago
- U.S. embassy calls Australia's proposed social media law censorship UPI · 11h ago
- US warns Australia’s social media reforms ‘facilitating censorship’ The Hill · 10h ago
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first by The Independent, 21h ago · also Independent UK, ABC, Bloomberg, BBC, HN Frontpage, BBC Asia
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- US says Australia's proposed law to opt out of social media algorithm is ‘censorship’ The Independent · 21h ago
- Trump administration attacks Australia's ‘opt-out’ algorithm law in rare intervention ABC · 21h ago
- The US criticizes Australia's digital duty-of-care proposal, which has a provision that would require social media platforms to let users opt out of algorithms Bloomberg · 21h ago
- US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship' Mastodon · 1m ago
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> "We ask that Australia clarify how exactly 'harm' and 'risks' shall be determined... ensuring these definitions do not encroach on protected speech," the US said in its submission.Australia should put this submission in the circular file. The US government's opinion about any of this shouldn't matter to Australia, especially when the intent is…
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The U.S. has criticized Australia's proposed social media reforms, which would give users the option to choose the content on their feeds, warning that Washington would likely view them as "facilitating censorship." https://www. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/…
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It benefits anyone who will benefit from a non centrist political landscape. That's not just right wingers. Epstein's follies were attended by a broad cross section of left and right, and this should give pause to anyone anywhere with party affiliations, but it won't. The Shining Path and the Return to Decency will retain their adherents, and…
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NEW: The Trump administration has made an extraordinary public intervention in Australia's digital of care debate — It responded to a draft of the law saying it could lead to “extraterritorial censorship of protected speech” and demanded Australia exclude US tech companies — www.abc.net.au/news/... …
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As is common in political shenanigans, the draft bill has a euphemistic label ('algorithmic opt-out') - what it actually does is allow unspecified bureaucrats such as the Minister for Communications to designate any individual piece of content as 'harmful' and have it banished from the internet.As an Australian who just wants relatively free…
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Trump administration warns Labor social media crackdown is ‘censorship’ of Americans’ protected speech https://www. theguardian.com/media/2026/sep /22/us-warns-australia-that-imposing-digital-duty-of-care-on-big-tech-would-be-seen-as-censorship Trump administration expresses ‘serious concerns’ that forcing firms to allow algorithm opt-out would…
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“It called for the Australian government to exclude US social media companies from its plans to give users the option to opt into algorithmic recommendation feeds .. would effectively neuter the law, removing the biggest platforms from its reach.”
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What is an "algorithm"? Showing the 20 most recent posts is an algorithm, but I doubt that's what they're targeting with the law.I'm not just trying to find a technical gotcha here. I think it's worth identifying what exactly about an "algorithm" causes it to cross the line and become harmful.When does an algorithm become harmful?When it is…
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호주가 소셜 미디어의 알고리즘을 옵트아웃(opt-out)할 수 있는 법안을 입법하려는 움직임을 두고 미국이 "검열"이라고 시비를 걸고 있네요. https://www. bbc.com/news/articles/cqj3dgy8 x3vro
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This is an extraordinary act of direct foreign interference by the US embassy in domestic Australian politics. The Australian government should publicly respond by rejecting efforts by the US embassy to dictate how Australia legislates for a digital duty of care. [image]
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You say draft bill, but can you link to it? I can only find descriptions from the PM: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/my-feed-my-wayWhat you've described isn't part of this?"The draft laws provide eSafety with the power to issue removal notices for nudify apps or websites, and streamline the child cyber-bulling and adult cyber abuse schemes to enable…
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You can read the full US submission/directive here, including the arrogant demands that Australia justify to the US government why it is acting to protect Australians from online harm. au.
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This article is conflating two things. The US response to the Digital Duty of Care law and the US response to the algorithm opt-out provision.The US did criticize the opt out provision.But when the US says this, its about a different provision in DDC, which says platforms need to proactively remove harmful content.>"We ask that Australia clarify…
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Wow, no, actually the complete opposite. Algorithms are free speech but not fair speech. They let those with money or otherwise control over the algorithm to speak far louder than anyone else, giving them an unfair speech advantage, or even taking away the free speech of others by drowning them out.We need free and fair speech, not just free…
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Two options from what I could see.You can entirely opt out of algorithmic feed and just see an unfiltered list of your connections posts.Or if you choose the algorithmic option, there's some ability for the ministers to request content be removed.Could it be abused to remove content they don't like? Of courseIs it a marked improvement on…
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Thanks. Reading it at first seemed like “the people” here is you know, end users, people toggle some settings on their devices, not a government employee deciding. It turns out a government employee doing it. Yeah, just because US government is goofy doesn’t somehow make others sane or good.
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Australia doesn't have protected speech. We're starting to see the dam break where rules that were left unexplored because it would go against the US driven view of globalization is starting to wane due to the US's loss (self destruction?) of its soft power.
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Country that is the reason that globally we can't have breasts on social media, even in completely non-sexual contexts, complains about "censorship" from a country that wants to avoid melting its childrens' brains.
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As an Australian, I disagree and look forward to opting out.Also, I’m not proud of this but Australia has no explicit constitutional right to free speech, and no bill of rights at the federal level AFAIK.
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The rights of methuselahn undying companies with limited liability to have unlimited speech, unlimited political spending, unlimited rights to do what they will shall remain untrammeled, it seems.
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How you went from U16 social media ban to the worst terrorist attack in AU history since port arthur therefore social media good is staggering...
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Incredible that US public service does the bidding of corporate America.It's like freedom.equals(we don't like regulation at all)
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