# Will killing social media algorithms stop misogyny?

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Podcast: [ABC News Top Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/abc-news-top-stories-6001594)
Published: 2026-09-02T08:50:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-news-top-stories/will-killing-social-media-algorithms-stop-misogyny/107109094
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## Resource

Social media algorithms are under fire over what they're serving up to young men. It's so bad, that Chanel Contos, a sexual consent advocate, thinks it's time to consider switching off the system that offers up content it thinks you'll like. But how would making the algorithms opt-in reduce the influence of misogynist, so-called manosphere content?

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