Result of Guardian Australia experiment aligns with research showing social media automatically delivers troubling content to young men, largely without oversight
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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 virgin email address.
Three months later, without any input, they were riddled with sexist and misogynistic content.
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