Chrystia Freeland reacts to Poilievre's YouTube channel using hidden misogynistic tag

A Global News investigation found that Pierre Poilievre’s official YouTube videos included a hidden tag appealing to a misogynistic online movements that Canada’s intelligence agencies view as a danger.

Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland commented on the findings on Thursday, saying she hoped political leaders would acknowledge the threats faced by women and girls are real, and that they would ensure their actions won’t put women in further danger rather than keeping them safer.

A Global News analysis of 50 of Poilievre’s most recent YouTube videos showed that they included the tag #mgtow, an acronym for “Men Going Their Own Way," a mostly-online movement comprised of anti-feminists who attempt to cut women completely out of their lives.

The tag, According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the movement overlaps with more aggressive forms of “male supremacy.”

The tag helps promote Poilievre’s videos among those circles, and signals to YouTube what users might be interested in the Conservative leader’s messaging.

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