SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse, according to a report by Stanford University and the Wall Street Journal. 'Large networks of accounts that appear to be operated by minors are openly advertising self-generated c
SAN FRANCISCO: Instagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse, according to a report by Stanford University and the Wall Street Journal.
A Meta spokesperson on Thursday told AFP that the company works"aggressively" to fight child exploitation and support police efforts to capture those involved."We're continuously exploring ways to actively defend against this behavior, and we set up an internal task force to investigate these claims and immediately address them."
According to the Journal, a simple search for sexually explicit keywords specifically referencing children leads to accounts that use these terms to advertise content showing sexual abuse of minors.
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