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US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as'censorship' To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The US has criticised Australia's proposal to give users the ability to opt out of social media algorithms, saying it amounts to censorship of protected speech. Under Australia's draft digital duty of care laws, tech firms risk hefty fines if they fail to give users the option to turn off algorithms in a bid to protect them from harmful content. In a rare submission to the proposed laws, the US embassy in Canberra said it had serious concerns and allowing the government to enforce vague definitions of'harm' would lead to viewpoint-based censorship. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the legislation was not about giving governments control but giving it back to individuals.

Australia'deeply frustrated' over Laos methanol poisoning charges The Australian government has said it is deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed that Laos is not pursuing more serious charges in relation to the deaths of six backpackers who died after drinking methanol-laced alcohol in 2024. Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, were among six people who died at a hostel in Vang Vieng in November 2024. The statement comes after reports in Australian media that Laos would press charges that collectively carry penalties of up to one year in jail and a fine of A$1600 ($1100; £829) against those allegedly responsible. Australian Foreign Ministry Penny Wong said they have summoned Laos' ambassador to Canberra. Laos has yet to confirm any charges but the BBC understands authorities there will hold a press conference later on Friday.

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We also show that when stochastic mixability does not hold in a certain sense (described in Section 5), then the risk minimizer is not unique in a bad way.

Then, we intend to calculate the constraint part. The algorithm for Licence method for single-target interventiion scenario is shown in Algorithm 1. The details of experimental baselines are demonstrated as follows. AIT [11] is an active learning method that utilize f-score to select intervention queries. REAL fidelity means the model always choose the highest fidelity to conduct experiments.

For example, to study the causal relations between the drugs and diseases, one can conduct clinical tests via selectively administering the medicines to the patients.