Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on the extent to which children are recommended or exposed to misogynistic, anti-feminist or other harmful gendered content by social media platforms.

The Online Safety Act requires platforms to address algorithmic risks, including promotion of illegal content and content harmful to children, including hateful misogynistic content.

We expect companies to implement Ofcom’s recommended measures for making platforms safer for women and girls, including deprioritising harmful content in recommender algorithms and de-monetising content promoting misogynistic abuse.

Ofcom undertakes and publishes research into online harms, including misogynistic content, which the Department draws on alongside external evidence.