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Aleks Krotoski investigates sperm donors and the unofficial online fertility market.

Aleks Krotoski investigates sperm donors and why people put themselves and their future children at risk by going online to find them.

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Male Order: 9. Who Guards the Guards?

9. Who Guards the Guards?

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Running an unregulated market - reckless or naive?

The technology gives us the tools to police online. But when they’re this consequential, are the people in charge over their heads?

The online sperm donor marketplace operates across websites and social media, but most of the matches are made on Facebook Groups. Adam, ‘Kyle’ and Christina are three of the people in charge of the world’s biggest donor groups who spend their free time trying to keep the peace. 

But numbers have grown exponentially over the last two years of lockdown, and they are swimming up a current of consequential decisions. Does the technology give them enough to keep out the bad apples?

Presenter: Aleks Krotoski

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