With growing concern over the potential for online communities to promote misogyny, new research, commissioned by Ofcom, explores how men come to engage with the manosphere, the role it plays in their lives, and how it shapes their views and behaviour.
Ofcom collaborated with Kick It Out, the anti-discrimination body in sport, to engage directly with people who have lived experience of online hate and abuse. They conducted seven individual interviews and nine group discussions. Participants included sportspeople, on-screen commentators, and professionals working in sport and broadcasting.
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Ofcom has had duties to promote and research media literacy since 2003. Ofcom defines media literacy as being the ability to use, understand and create media and communications across multiple formats and services.
You may have recently heard of Financially Motivated Sexual Extortion (FMSE), sometimes referred to as ‘sextortion’. This is when an offender threatens to release nude or semi-nude images and/or videos of a victim, unless they pay
money or meet another financial demand, such as buying a pre-paid gift card.
Victims of any age and gender can be targets. However a large proportion of cases involve male victims aged 14-17.
Effective filtering is not a one-size-fits-all solution that can be implemented and forgotten. Instead, it requires ongoing vigilance, collaboration, and education to tailor practices to specific community needs.
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