A new investigation has revealed that Instagram’s algorithm is actively connecting and promoting pedophiles who commission and sell illegal underage sexual content on the photo-sharing app.
Instagram’s Algorithm Promotes and Connects ‘Vast’ Network of Pedophilesin collaboration with researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Instagram’s recommendation algorithms have enabled a “vast” network of pedophiles seeking child sex abuse content and activity.
Researchers were able to find illegal underage sexual content on Instagram using explicit hashtags like #pedowhore, #preteensex, and #pedobait. After creating test users and viewing a single account, they were immediately inundated with “suggested for you” recommendations of possible Child Sexual Abuse Material sellers and buyers on Instagram, along with accounts linking to off-platform content sites.
Following just a handful of recommendations on the Instagram app caused the test accounts to be overrun with content that sexualizes children and to be recommended more accounts with this illegal content.Meta says it has set up an internal task force to investigate the issues raised in“Child exploitation is a horrific crime,” Meta tells the publication. “We’re continuously investigating ways to actively defend against this behavior.
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