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Feminist campaigner Laura Bates has fought for women's safety for over a decade. But now her battle against misogyny moved online.

She tells Amol how social media platforms are fuelling hatred against women, with algorithms promoting increasingly extreme content.

The popularity of figures like Andrew Tate, whose videos are widely available, and offensive material is being pushed to teenage boys and young men, even if they don't seek it out.

So how can it be stopped? What responsibility do the big tech companies have in combating this problem? How can they be held accountable? And what is it doing to society if young men are being radicalised in this way?

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Amol Rajan is a presenter of the Today programme on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4. He is also the host of University Challenge on 蜜芽传媒 One. Before that, Amol was media editor at the 蜜芽传媒 and editor at The Independent.

Radical with Amol Rajan is a Today Podcast. It was made by Lewis Vickers with Grace Reeve and Lucy Pawle. Digital production was by David Kaplowitz and Sophie Millward. The editor is Sam Bonham. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.