Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ | Social media

Algorithms used by social media platforms are rapidly amplifying extreme misogynistic content, spreading it from teenagers’ screens to school playgrounds and normalizing it, according to a new report. That’s what it means. Researchers found that the level of misogynistic content suggested by TikTok quadrupled over a five-day monitoring period, as the algorithm served more extreme […]