Toxic Social Media Algorithms: A Threat to Boys and Girls Alike A recent experiment by a journalist posing as a 17 year old boy on social media revealed the alarming ease with which young users can be exposed to toxic online content, particularly from the manosphere.
The journalist's fake profile was served misogynistic content in just 13 minutes on TikTok, 45 minutes on Instagram, and an hour on YouTube Shorts.
This phenomenon is not unique to this experiment; research has shown that it takes a mere 23 minutes for a new male social media profile to be served such content.