Overview
- Arcom monitored French-language posts from August to mid-December 2025, using AI tools and reports from associations to identify problematic content.
- About 19,600 messages were flagged as potentially sexist, with most found on X and YouTube.
- The regulator warns that repeated or viral content falling short of illegality can still inflict systemic harm.
- Key themes included masculinity and virility, antifeminism targeting progressive women, transphobia, pornography, sexist insults, seduction narratives, and gendered-nationality stereotypes.
- Authorship skewed 42% from accounts declaring male, 32% female, and 26% unspecified, prompting a call for tighter cooperation with platforms and authorities on moderation practices.