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Australian politicians don't understand how the free market works (at least when it's largely working as designed):

"Australia is proposing the 'My Feed, My Way' initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16 turn off algorithmic recommendations and instead see only posts from people and creators they follow. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to $79 million. CNBC reports: "

Can't you just choose to utilize a different platform? I mean seriously. It's as if we don't have a free market in social media. I get it when we're talking about internet access and various other utilities and so on... but "social media?" ... come on.