Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on misogyny, the manosphere and online content

• Wednesday, 21 May 2.20pm 
• Venue: Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
• Inquiry Misogyny: the manosphere and online content
• Women and Equalities Committee
• Watch on Parliament Live

During the first panel, MPs on the cross-party committee chaired by Labour MP Sarah Owen will examine the online manosphere, influencers and attitudes to women and girls online and offline.  

The evidence session is expected to discuss social media companies and online platforms and their role in content moderation, deplatforming and algorithms. MPs will also touch upon the issues of violent pornography, the Online Safety Act and the Government response.   

WEC’s inquiry explores the prevalence and impact of misogynistic views, attitudes and behaviour among young men and boys, particularly in schools and educational settings and the reasons for this. It examines ways that boys and young men are also being harmed and if better support, activities and services need to be available to them. 

Witnesses         

(starting at 2.20pm) 

• Dr Lisa Sugiura, Associate Professor in Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth  
• Dr Kaitlyn Regehr, Associate Professor in Digital Humanities, University College London  
• Jacob Davey, Director of Policy & Research for Counter-Hate, Institute for Strategic Dialogue  
• Janaya Walker, Head of Public Affairs, End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW)

Further information

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