Boys Are Now Caught Under The Spell Of Predatory Algorithms

As Americans, we like to think our boys are tough and resilient. But online, they’re the most vulnerable — and the most overlooked.

The internet has become a digital trap for millions of young men and boys. The addictive features programmed into smartphones, social media, video games, and online pornography are intentionally designed to hook kids at an early age.

Boys are now spending significant amounts of time gaming, scrolling, and chatting on platforms that were never built for their safety.

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination by suspected shooter Tyler Robinson, a Wall Street Journal columnist astutely noted, “Political violence is a problem. But so is the atomized culture in which young men retreat into confused inner worlds and virtual realities, which can be as addictive and destructive as any drug.”

Across America, young men are drifting into digital isolation — where algorithms, pornographers, sexual predators, and toxic role models, not parents or mentors, manipulate their mindsets and attitudes and ultimately shape who they become.