In the long arc of democratic societies grappling with the power of invisible systems, Australia's Labor government has placed a new marker: a proposed digital duty of care that would compel social media platforms to surrender some of their algorithmic authority back to users. Communications Minister Anika Wells is bringing draft legislation to parliament that frames algorithmic transparency not as a technical nicety but as a civic right, with fines exceeding $100 million for platforms that fail to comply. The proposal arrives at a crossroads where the language of protection and the language o