LONDON: English faculties will start instructing college students easy methods to recognise and resist misogynistic content material on-line, the UK government stated on Tuesday (Jul 15), in response to rising issues over the affect of so-called manosphere figures like Andrew Tate.
The brand new classes, geared toward youngsters aged 11 to 18, will cowl subjects reminiscent of ‘incel’ (involuntary celibate) tradition, the hyperlink between pornography and misogyny, and the risks posed by AI-generated deepfake content material.
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The UK’s Division for Schooling stated misogynistic attitudes had reached “epidemic scale” amongst younger folks, fuelled by web influencers and dangerous on-line communities.
“I need our kids to be outfitted to defy the malign forces that exist on-line,” stated Schooling Secretary Bridget Phillipson. “Colleges and fogeys alike have a significant position to play, serving to youngsters establish constructive position fashions and resist the manipulation too usually used on-line to groom impressionable younger minds.”
The announcement follows the discharge of the Netflix drama Adolescence, which sparked nationwide debate earlier this yr for its depiction of poisonous on-line influences on boys. The present centres on a radicalised 13-year-old boy who commits homicide after being drawn into on-line incel tradition.
