"How do the algorithms of Facebook and Instagram affect what you see in your news feed? To find out, Guardian Australia unleashed them on a completely blank smartphone linked to a new, unused email address.

Three months later, without any input, they were riddled with sexist and misogynistic content…"

  • Schwim Dandy@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    The John Doe profiles were set up in April as generic 24-year-old males

    Does the fact that they only used dummy male accounts and didn’t bother to find out what women are subjected to represent the authors’ own misogyny? Perhaps The Guardian should look at cleaning it’s own house up before finding dirt on others’.