Trump rejects 'globalist scheme' to regulate AI as his administration warns Australia's algorithm law is 'censorship'

From the Newshound archive · first published 23 September 2026.

The Trump administration has opened a two-pronged offensive against Australia's technology policies, branding its planned legislation requiring social media platforms to offer algorithm-free feeds "censorship of protected speech" while Trump told the UN General Assembly he "totally rejects" any international scheme to govern artificial intelligence. The US embassy in Canberra filed an unusual formal submission warning that Australia's "My Feed, My Way" bill risks "viewpoint-based censorship" and called for US platforms to be granted exemptions. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, also in New York for the UN summit, brushed aside both attacks, arguing that the algorithm legislation empowers individuals rather than governments.

Under the draft bill, Big Tech firms face fines of around $72m if they fail to give Australia's 21 million social media users the option to switch away from algorithm-driven feeds.

At the UN, Trump announced that AI would be relabelled "super intelligence" across all US government documents, declaring "whoever wins super intelligence, wins."

Albanese shared a photo taken with Trump on the UN sidelines, captioning it "Always good to catch up with @potus" — even as the two governments were engaged in a public dispute.