Academics call for the online 'manosphere' to be tackled like smoking, warning it fuels violence and harms boys' mental health
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate, whom Conservative MP Alicia Kearns has reported to Counter Terrorism Policing, are cited in research warning that platforms profit from cultivating male grievance.
A Lancet report by professors Sarah Hawkes and Kent Buse of think tank Global 50/50 argues that boys' insecurities are being deliberately cultivated online and then monetised, with outrage and grievance described as 'good for business' for manosphere content creators.
Two-thirds of young men watch so-called 'masculinity' influencers, previous Children's Society research found.
The report calls for a co-ordinated government, school and health-service response — and warns that simply banning content without 'offering boys something better' will fail.
'This is a business model, not a fringe,' says co-author Prof Kent Buse, calling on regulators to expect 'the same playbook that served tobacco so well.'
