记者卧底实验揭示TikTok向未成年男孩推荐极端内容仅需13分钟

一名记者以17岁男孩身份在社交媒体上进行卧底实验，测试各平台算法向未成年人推荐极端内容的速度。1结果显示，TikTok在仅13分钟内就向该虚假账户推荐了贬低女性的"男性权利运动"（manosphere）内容，成为"最坏的违规者"。1相比之下，Instagram在45分钟后才推荐pickup artist账户内容，而YouTube Shorts在26分钟时推荐有问题内容，但随后的推荐数量最少。1

这一实验结果与2024年都柏林城市大学的类似研究相呼应，该研究发现新男性账户在23分钟内被推荐厌女内容。1澳洲青少年平均每周在线14.4小时，其中TikTok拥有近1000万用户，包括20万早期青少年用户。1

Teach Us Consent首席执行官Chanel Contos呼吁保护男孩免受manosphere内容影响，建议实施选择加入算法和仅限订阅账户的信息流机制。1此外，Meta（Instagram母公司）因指控故意设计成瘾功能导致青少年心理健康危机，达成了24亿美元的和解。1

A journalist conducted an undercover experiment on social media platforms by creating a fake account posing as a 17-year-old boy, revealing how quickly algorithms recommend misogynistic content to minors 1. TikTok emerged as the most problematic platform, recommending manosphere content—material that demeans women and promotes gender-based hostility—within just 13 minutes of account creation 1. This aligns with a 2024 study by Dublin City University, which found that new male accounts were exposed to misogynistic content within 23 minutes 1.

The experiment tested three major platforms with starkly different results 1. Instagram took 45 minutes before recommending pickup artist content, while YouTube Shorts recommended problematic material after 26 minutes but subsequently offered the least amount of such content among the three platforms 1. The findings underscore growing concerns about algorithm-driven radicalization of young users in Australia, where teenagers spend an average of 14.4 hours online per week 1. TikTok alone has nearly 10 million users in Australia, including 200,000 early adolescents 1.

The experiment has intensified scrutiny on platform accountability and youth safety 1. Meta, Instagram's parent company, previously settled a lawsuit for $2.4 billion over allegations that it deliberately designed addictive features contributing to a mental health crisis among teenagers 1. Chanel Contos, CEO of Teach Us Consent, has called for protective measures to shield boys from manosphere content, advocating for opt-in algorithms and subscription-only feeds as potential solutions 1.