The US Embassy in Canberra criticises Australia's plan on algorithms | Beginner German class Nº071

Today's story: The US Embassy in Canberra criticises Australia's plan on algorithms. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in German: US-Botschaft in Canberra kritisiert Australiens Plan zu Algorithmen

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:39) Three more stories today

(01:51) Today's headline, slowly

(02:48) To criticise

(03:31) Giving users a choice

(04:24) High fines

(05:25) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-09-23

TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT

US-Botschaft in Canberra kritisiert Australiens Plan zu Algorithmen

Die US-Botschaft hat den Plan am Dienstag kritisiert.

Der Plan betrifft neue Regeln für soziale Medien.

Firmen sollen den Nutzern eine Wahl geben.

Die Nutzer sollen Algorithmen ausschalten können.

Firmen drohen hohe Strafen, wenn sie das nicht tun.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (kritisieren)

- vocabulary (betrifft)

- vocabulary (den Nutzern)

- vocabulary (ausschalten)

- vocabulary (hohe Strafen)

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