Written question AQW 11608/22-27
Written question by Ms Claire Sugden on .
- MLA
- Ms Claire Sugden
- Party at the time
- Independent
- Date
- 9 May 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 11608/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 400819
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education (i) for his assessment of the impact misogynistic social media influencers and online content has on children and young people; (ii) for his assessment of how this impacts their behaviour towards school peers, particularly girls and young women; and (iii) what plans he has to (a) prevent this content being accessed or shared in schools; and (b) provide targeted education to prevent this content influencing young people.
73 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.09 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.91).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.34).
- Subject area: Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups.
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.12 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.03 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.04 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.09 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.91 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.09 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.34 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.05 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.31 |
| Adopts it | 0.30 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.98 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.02 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
Assessed 23 October 2026 at 14:44 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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