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What are 'social media reforms'?
Social media reforms are changes to laws or platform policies, often driven by governments, to address concerns about how these platforms operate. Australia's move to let users opt out of Instagram's algorithm is an example, aiming to give people more control over their online experience and potentially reduce the addictive nature of feeds.
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