Australia's government confirmed on Tuesday that it would seek to implement legislation to enable all social media users to opt out of engagement-based algorithms. The move would let users switch to a chronological post order by default,

Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. “The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s omnipotent. Except that it’s not. An ...