September 15, 2026 — 11:55am

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When I set up my fake profile of 17-year-old Olivia James, I expected my social media feeds to be flooded with body image content, “thinspiration” influencers, and beauty posts.

Instead, it took just half an hour to be shown content that stoked gender division – though this time, the content didn’t attempt to control the behaviour of the “other side”.

Last week, I posed as a 17-year-old boy on social media. Within 13 minutes of scrolling, my fake profile of Jaden Michael was shown content that led him down the…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU