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'It stains your brain': How social media algorithms show violence to boys
An insider tells the BBC why teenage boys are being targeted with extreme content.
When Andrew looked at the TikTok content, he was alarmed to find how some teenage boys were being shown posts featuring violence and pornography, and promoting misogynistic views, he tells BBC Panorama. And with calls for smartphones to be banned for children, Marianna Spring speaks to parents, teenagers and social media company insiders to investigate whether the content pushed to their feeds is harming them. In the UK, a new law will force social media firms to verify children’s ages and stop the sites recommending porn or other harmful content to young people.
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