Australia is on a collision course with US big tech. Could it cause Trump to turn on his ‘mate’? | Mark Kenny

Anthony Albanese wants social media algorithms to be optional – and it’s not the first Musk-Zuckerberg irritant emanating from Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New risks to a deftly managed personal relationship with Donald Trump have not slowed the Australian prime minister’s plans for a showdown with America’s all-conquering social media companies.

Anthony Albanese, who will rub shoulders with the US president and other world leaders in New York later this month at the UN general assembly, is pushing ahead with changes that would impose fines on big tech firms under a newly created “digital duty of care”.

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