A researcher has filed a lawsuit before a San Francisco Federal Court against Meta (formerly the Facebook company) for right to turn off Facebook’s ‘news feed’.
The researcher who is seeking to publish a browser plugin that would enable users to “effectively turn off” their algorithmic feeds is being represented by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University in a lawsuit against Meta.
The suit, which was submitted on Wednesday, requests that the court acknowledge that “the development of tools designed to empower people to better control their social media experiences” is protected under Section 230.
