Toxic social media content is impossible to avoid, but companies are in hiding

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A high school student says it is impossible to avoid toxic content online — and there's little transparency from social media platforms.

A Year 12 student says it is impossible to avoid misogynistic content, with algorithms responding to the rise of influencers like Andrew Tate.

Tate, the British-American kickboxer turned social media influencer, has become a poster child for an ultra-masculinity"Anything that is created that generates some kind of interest spawns millions of copycats," Noah told the ABC's Q+A on Monday.Noah is a school captain at Yarra Valley Grammar, a private Anglican school in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne that hasIn May, staff uncovered a spreadsheet created by a group of boys rating female classmates on their looks.

Reset.Tech, which researches the space and advocates for accountability, ran simulations of what younger Australians were seeing in their feeds."The content goes from diverse to not diverse rapidly. We have done experiments where the shift happened in minutes."This is a critical issue holding us back as a country to understand with empirical clarity what is going on," Ms Dawkins said.— said platforms were in hiding.

 

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