This House would require every social media platform to provide an algorithmic-feed off switch.

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The EU's Digital Services Act mandates this for VLOPs. The U.S. has no equivalent. The toggle is technically trivial; the platform incentives against it are not.

Background

The DSA, effective for VLOPs in 2024, requires Meta, TikTok, X, and others to offer an opt-out from algorithmic ranking. Compliance data shows under 5% of EU users have switched. Instagram already offers "Following" and "Favorites" feeds; engagement on those feeds drops by 40-60% versus the default. The toggle exists; the question is whether mandatory disclosure of its existence (currently buried in settings) would meaningfully change adoption, or whether the platforms have already engineered the friction that makes the toggle theoretical.

Government opens with

Default-on engagement algorithms are the addiction layer; opt-out is the minimum dignity.

Opposition responds with

A toggle nobody uses is regulatory theater; the binding mechanism is open competition for attention.

Take it. Against the AI.

Pick a side. Three minutes per speech. The AI takes the other side in your chosen format. Judge ballot at the end.

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