Politics

Australia Is Rethinking the Algorithm and Taking Aim at Violent Porn. Here’s Why It Matters

The Australian government is weighing two bold moves: letting users choose whether social media algorithms shape their feeds, and banning pornography that depicts strangulation and suffocation. Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek says the digital world is feeding a very real crisis of sexual violence among young Australians. The stakes couldn’t be higher.