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Sydney. The Australian government is going to take a big and historic step regarding the use of social media and online security. Under the new proposed law, users of social media platforms in Australia will now be able to decide for themselves what content should appear in their feed. The government is going to give users a direct option to 'opt-out' or turn off these automatic recommendations to end the monopoly of 'algorithms' of Big Tech companies like Meta, X and TikTok.

According to the information received and tech reports, this new rule has been named 'My Feed, My Way'. Under this, social media users aged 16 years and above will get the legal right to disable the recommendation system of companies. Usually, social media companies track every click, like and data of users through their complex algorithms and serve them such content that keeps them glued to the screen for hours. The government clearly believes that this 'Digital Addiction' policy of the companies is having a very bad impact on the mental health and privacy of the youth.

This strict decision of Australia is going to have an impact on the tech world of the entire world. Many other countries including the European Union (EU) are also closely monitoring this step, so that they can also implement such rules in their countries. After this law is passed, social media platforms will have to be more transparent and accountable regarding their algorithms. If the big tech companies ignore these new rules, then a strict provision is also being made to impose heavy fines on them.