Opinion Piece Details Rapid Algorithmic Exposure to Manosphere Content

A social media experiment reveals how quickly platforms served misogynistic and traditional gender role content after the author posed as a teenage boy online.

3 Sept, 09:30 — 3 Sept, 09:30

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I posed as a 17-year-old boy on social media. It took 13 minutes to be shown the manosphere

Within an hour, TikTok served up content encouraging women to treat their husbands “like their bosses”, wear lipstick and be “agreeable”.

By Amber Schultz

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Opinion Piece Details Rapid Algorithmic Exposure to Manosphere Content

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I posed as a 17-year-old boy on social media. It took 13 minutes to be shown the manosphere

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