Lawsuit against Meta asks if Facebook users have right to control their feeds using external tools

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Meta Platforms on behalf of an Amherst professor who wants to release a tool that enables users to unfollow all the content fed to them by Facebook’s algorithm. — AP

Do social media users have the right to control what they see – or don’t see – on their feeds?

A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc is arguing that a federal law often used to shield Internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take control of their feed – even if that means shutting it off entirely.