# ‘Giving people control’: Australia plans new social media rules

https://mins.news/en/video/50101

- Reuters, 2026-09-08 16:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WsNWvaccvk

> Australia has proposed allowing social media users to choose the content shown in their feeds, the latest step in the government’s drive to improve online safety after introducing the world’s first social media ban for children.

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