AI and Sexism: The Fight Against Misogyny Online (Laura Bates)

Feminist campaigner Laura Bates has fought for women's safety for
over a decade. But now her battle against misogyny moved online.


She tells Amol how social media platforms are fuelling hatred
against women, with algorithms promoting increasingly extreme
content.


The popularity of figures like Andrew Tate, whose videos are
widely available, and offensive material is being pushed to
teenage boys and young men, even if they don't seek it out.


So how can it be stopped? What responsibility do the big tech
companies have in combating this problem? How can they be held
accountable? And what is it doing to society if young men are
being radicalised in this way?


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Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4.
He is also the host of University Challenge on BBC One. Before
that, Amol was media editor at the BBC and editor at The
Independent.


Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis
Vickers with Grace Reeve and Lucy Pawle. Digital production was
by David Kaplowitz and Sophie Millward. The editor is Sam Bonham.
The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.