Labor wants Australians to be able to opt out of online algorithms. How will it change your feed?

Under the proposed changes, social media platforms will have to perform annual risk assessments of their platforms and manage the risks they find. Photograph: gorodenkoff/Getty Images

Australia will force digital platforms to let their users opt out of algorithms and offer a “safe online environment”.

The prime minister has predicted blowback to the scheme, which would capture social media, search engines and AI chatbots, and the opposition has claimed it could let the government censor your feed.