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Site search 7 minutes ago Diyva Arya BBC World Service Getty Images Tech Transparency Project (TTP) says it found 332 adverts with CSAM that ran on Facebook and Instagram. Warning: This story contains descriptions of abuse. Meta ran hundreds of paid ads with artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse imagery, including several in India, over the past 10 months.
The report comes two months after the Indian government ordered Meta to remove all ads and content promoting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Instagram. TTP found 332 ads with CSAM, with 274 of them in August. About a quarter (84) of the ads ran in India, and 78 were published after the Indian government’s order.
Several Indian agencies, including the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the National Human Rights Commission, are examining the matter. The ads often started with a photo of a child manipulated by AI to show graphic sexual acts. Meta claims it doesn’t tolerate such content but reports violations to NCMEC.
However, Bhuwan Ribhu of Just Rights for Children argues that Meta is not complying with Indian child protection laws. The TTP report highlights that Meta’s own ad agency partners in China placed some of these ads. Despite reporting, new ads continued to appear.
Meta has since removed some ads and suspended accounts but faces criticism for not fully addressing the issue.
Source: BBC
