This is an obvious attempt to control those algorithms because (a) why else would you want to lift the veil (b) it's not like some super hidden secret sauce: t

This is an obvious attempt to control those algorithms because (a) why else would you want to lift the veil (b) it's not like some super hidden secret sauce: they train models to increase feedback signals and (c) those models are too complicated to figure out their effect unless australian MP's are geniuses. It has the potential to set out a chain of events outside Australia, since both the left and the right everywhere are waving their fists at google/fb. The result could be the first algorithm literally designed by a committee, and could cripple google's revenues. This should teach them a lesson, however, not to cozy up to any governement or take political sides.