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HISTORICAL FACTS: Algorithm opt out socials overhaul ready for download | History Defined

Digital duty of care laws forcing big tech to adhere to greater safety measures are a step closer. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

A reckoning for social media companies is one step closer as wide-ranging digital safety measures inch towards becoming law.

Labor's digital duty of care, which will let users say no to the algorithm and force big tech to protect kids from harmful content, passed the federal lower house on Wednesday.

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