The fight to switch off your algorithm – podcast

Key points

• Advocate Chanel Contos has turned her campaign toward social media algorithms. She argues that the way feeds are curated and distorted is contributing to a rise in teenage sexual abuse in Australia and beyond.
• Contos previously founded Teach Us Consent, whose campaign led to the teaching of sexual consent being mandated in the national curriculum. Her current campaign has reached parliament, helping to shape a bill that would make it easier for users to scroll algorithm-free.
• The campaign has also drawn opposition from within Australia and from the Trump administration.