> Any ordering is an algorithm technically, so yes just "banning algorithm" doesn't wor

Algorithm in this context (and presumably in any proposed legal text) is about personalization and purpose.

No one worries about presenting content based on total popularity, coarse geography. user's browser language, or anything like that, regardless of whether the actual ranking algorithm (in the CS sense) is an algorithm. Yes it's a terrible name for what's being discussed, but let's not lose focus on the purpose because of that.