Trump administration to confront Australia over Labor’s social media algorithm plan

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/trump-administration-to-confront-australia-over-labors-social-media-algorithm-plan

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 100 pts · 2d (1 reply)

If Trump attacks you then you're probably doing something right.

deliriousdreams@fedia.io · 8 pts · 2d

Not necessarily right, just inconvenient for him. That's what happened with Anthropic.

tommy_91@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2d

The option to turn recommendations off should have existed from the start. Sometimes you just want to see what an account actually posted, without the platform deciding what else will keep you scrolling. That’s one reason Nitter,XCancel, Twitee.co live, a simple way to view public X posts without signing in.

auzy1@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1d

Already have a few assholes on my Facebook rando feed getting upset that they're going to lose all their attention (as nobody is going to like pages with rage bait)

And the great part is the responses. Nobody is standing up for them

It's tragic that they might have to rely on posting things that are positive, instead of relying on forcing shit opinions onto everyone's feed

ashenone@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 2d (2 replies)

I hope a kangaroo beats him to death

corey931@lemmy.wtf · 3 pts · 2d (1 reply)

They’d extradite the kangaroo and put her next to Luigi to make an example of her

ashenone@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2d
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Arancello@aussie.zone · 19 pts · 2d (1 reply)

this will be a real test for Albanese. It could make or break him and Labor. Look what’s been happening to Carneys poll numbers. Canadians approval of Carney is over 60+%. Isn’t Albanese about 35% now.?

im_fine_sandy@nord.pub · 11 pts · 2d

I think Canadians probably feel more directly oppressed by Trump.

I'd love to see Albo tell Trump to fuck off, but if he does, he won't receive the same adulation that Carney has.

Hanson is doing well enough by emulating Trump.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2d

Of course. It threatens the base of his power. Cambridge Analytica.

belsedar@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1d (4 replies)

Is it just me or do pretty much all politicians seem like ðey are hell bent on betraying any kind of trust in their institutions? It feels like a global phenomenon - MAGA in ðe US, whatever tf is happening in ðe UK, AUS pulling ðe old "wont someone þink of ðe children" move, not to mention Russia and China....

ðe world has once again descended into feudalism

404found@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1d

Divide and conquer

Leviathan@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 16h (2 replies)

Why use Eth but not use Thorn?

belsedar@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2h (1 reply)

Because I didn't notice. Only came across þorn and eð recently, and kind of went on a deep dive about ðeir history in written English. Ðey're really convienient to use when actually writing on paper in cursive, but I don't necessarily þink of ðem immediately when typing. (edited the og comment now)

Leviathan@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 1h

I really love them both. Love to see someone using them!

Leviathan@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 1h

This is such an absolutely massive threat to the global fascist billionaires trying to own us all.

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 2d (15 replies)

I'm sure the corporate whores of the 2020's "Labor" party will bend over like the neoliberal cucks they are.

Like Canada, they'll probably virtue signal sovereignty but continue the backend business deals with fascism, and continue courting the political financing of the fascist elite.

wedge@multiverse.soulism.net · 12 pts · 2d (13 replies)

You sound like you would love living in Texas.

glowie@infosec.pub · -11 pts · 1d (12 replies)

At least you’re more of a free person than in stupid nanny-state Australia

wedge@multiverse.soulism.net · 5 pts · 1d (2 replies)

Sure, mass surveillance, corporations have more rights than citizens, rigged anticompetitive economy, and a two tier justice system. Sounds super free.

glowie@infosec.pub · -3 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Are you talking about the UK? Because then I would agree lol

Leviathan@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 1h

Dude, Texas is a fascist landfill. Why are you projecting so hard for a trash state?

Soggy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1d (5 replies)

Texas, perversely, actually has a ton of nanny state bullshit laws to control the population.

glowie@infosec.pub · -2 pts · 1d (4 replies)

Ok, what are those? I would bet nowhere near the degree of Australia. You have to wear a helmet to use a bicycle, or else you get fined lmao

Soggy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 22h (3 replies)

Can't buy liquor on Sunday, weed is still strictly illegal, no public-driven initiatives, this bullshit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Senate_Bill_12 , the "bathroom bill", there's a real pattern of enforcing a very particular cultural identity through legislation and selective enforcement. It's almost like the state that liked slavery so much it seceded from two different countries to keep doing it has long-standing issues with respecting anyone but wealthy white Christian men.

FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20h (2 replies)

He's a racist, right-wing child who thinks that firearms will make his dick bigger

Idiots like this are the worst thing about Australia

Soggy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19h

Hey, they're the worst thing about America too!

FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d (2 replies)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

You have no fucking clue what you're talking about

glowie@infosec.pub · 0 pts · 23h (1 reply)

Enlighten me then.

FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 22h

Just have a quick look at the global freedom index

It's quite readily available

Wataba@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1d

Yap yap yap.

We didnt elect a fucking pedophile into power like the American Retardation did.