In wake of Adolescence, new report shows how misogynistic content is driving Gen Z off social media

In the wake of earth-shattering hit Netflix drama Adolescence, which deals with online misogyny, a new Amnesty report has shown Gen Z is increasingly shunning social media because of misogynistic content there.

Polling commissioned by Amnesty International UK showed that 73 per cent of social media users born approximately between 1995 and 2012 had seen misogynistic content online, with many witnessing it on a weekly basis. Seventy per cent believe that misogynistic and purposefully divisive content has got worse on platforms, with less than half of the poll’s 3,024 respondents saying social media was a safe space.

Of those surveyed, 44 per cent said they had received unsolicited explicit images, 43 per cent said they had been body-shamed and 53 per cent received inappropriate and provocative

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