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She calls herself a fashion influencer. Her content follows a pattern. Morning posts show her in workout clothes that leave little to imagination. Afternoon posts show her trying on outfits, each one more revealing than the last. Evening posts show her in lingerie, with a caption about self-confidence and body positivity. A link in her … Read more

A mother in Lagos sits across from her fourteen-year-old daughter. She just found suggestive photos on the girl’s phone. The photos were not sent to anyone. They were taken to post online. The daughter does not see the problem. “Everyone posts pictures like this,” she says. “The popular girls in my class have thousands of … Read more

Scroll through Instagram for five minutes. Count how many posts show women as objects rather than people. Bodies displayed for attention. Cleavage thumbnails designed to make you pause. Dance trends that are really just excuses to show skin. Accounts whose entire purpose is to direct you to paid content where more will be shown. Now … Read more

A woman sits in a hotel room in a country she did not choose to visit. Her passport was taken from her. She was promised a modelling job in Europe. Instead, she is forced to perform acts on camera. She cannot leave. She cannot refuse. The men controlling her threaten her family back home. The … Read more

A fifteen-year-old girl locks herself in the bathroom and cries. She has been comparing her body to the images she sees on Instagram. The women there are perfect. Curves in the right places. Flat stomachs. Flawless skin. She looks at herself and feels inadequate. She does not know those images are filtered, edited, and often … Read more

You open Instagram to check one message. Forty minutes later, you are still scrolling. You did not plan to stay. You did not even enjoy most of what you saw. But you could not close the app. You open Twitter to check news. An hour later, your feed is filled with half-naked women, rage-bait arguments, … Read more

A thirteen-year-old creates a TikTok account. They select their interests. Music, comedy, sports. Nothing inappropriate. They scroll their For You page for the first time. The content matches their selections. Harmless videos. Funny clips. Sports highlights. Within two weeks, their feed has changed. Suggestive dance videos appear between the comedy clips. Accounts with provocative thumbnails … Read more

Open Instagram. Scroll for five minutes. Count how many posts show bodies more than ideas. Count how many accounts exist primarily to direct you to paid content. Count how many comments are just flame emojis and desperate messages from strangers. Now check the platform’s official policy. It says nudity is not allowed. It says sexual … Read more