IN light of ongoing concerns over abusive and predatory content circulating online, TikTok and all social media platforms need to stop disseminating user content that is full of hatred, contempt and misogyny.
Likewise, while men fail to speak up and call out this hate, they too are enabling misogyny to flourish.
So what can we do?
We need to be sharing messages of equality, respect and the ways we can work together to stop violence – hate and abuse don’t have a monopoly on what constitutes viral content.
Let’s convince TikTok to take action and remove misogyny from the platform.
Let’s opt for a society that values equality above contempt by unfollowing, reporting, blocking and starting conversations that call out these types of accounts.
Let’s follow and support those TikTok accounts that use the platform for good.
Let’s love-bomb our platforms with stories of #genderequality and dismantle those that seek to benefit from division, ignorance and hate.
Allan Ball,
White Ribbon Australia, national director
