US warns Australia’s social media reforms ‘facilitating censorship’

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Trending on The Hill - September 23, 2026

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The U.S. on Tuesday warned that Australia’s social media algorithm reform proposals to notify users and provide content recommended via a default algorithm could be “facilitating censorship.”

The U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia’s capital, stated in a formal submission that it had “serious concerns” about the Australian government’s goal with proposals “that dictate how platforms manage content and users’ feeds.”

“If Australia compels platforms to aggressively filter content in algorithmic feeds to satisfy a government mandate, and such filtering draws in protected speech, the effect on a disfavored speaker or media source’s reach would not be meaningfully different than outright removal,” the embassy stated. “The U.S. government would likely consider such a measure as facilitating censorship.”

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