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

A fake 17-year-old boy account was shown misogynistic posts within 13 minutes, highlighting how recommendation systems can rapidly steer teens toward harmful content.

Toxic online content is increasingly linked to violent sexualised behaviour in young men. Thirteen minutes of scrolling on social media is all it took for my fake profile of 17-year-old Jayden Michael to be exposed to the manosphere content pipeline.

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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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