According to the Wall Street Journal, Meta staff warned that parents were using paid subscription options on Facebook and Instagram to exploit children to suspected pedophiles, but the company The company reportedly dismissed the concerns.
In the report, the two meta teams apparently expressed concern that hundreds of “parent-managed minor accounts” were using subscription features to sell exclusive children’s content to adults. It describes in detail.
The alleged content did not include nude or illegal photos, but did include suggestive content of young girls in bikinis and leotards. These photos are primarily sent to adult men, some of whom openly post about their sexual attraction to children.
Meta launched a subscription model on its platform last year to allow accounts to monetize their content. Minors’ accounts cannot participate in models, but adults who manage or co-manage children’s accounts can participate.
Sarah Adams, a Canadian mother and social media activist, said last year that a child model’s Instagram account managed by an adult posted bikini photos of teenagers and teenage girls to users with openly pedophilic interests. WSJ reported that he explained in detail how to sell the product.
A meta-review revealed that its recommendation feature suggests these child modeling accounts are likely to be pedophiles on the platform. The Journal said that while not all of these parent-controlled accounts catered to the needs of pedophiles, many acknowledged that they had overlooked an improper motive of profit.
Meta employees reportedly recommended that the company ban child models’ accounts from subscription options, similar to other platforms such as TikTok and Patreon. Executives rejected the request and instead focused on fixing the algorithm to suggest child accounts that were more likely to be pedophiles. Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the plan is “part of our ongoing safety efforts.”
“We launched a creator monetization tool with a robust set of safeguards and multiple checks on both creators and their content,” Stone told the Journal.
Further investigation by WSJ revealed that an account banned on Meta for child exploitation appears to have been re-created with a new account name containing the same content that gained hundreds of thousands of followers. Ta. The investigation further found that two of her parent-run accounts posted pin-up style photos of children on her Facebook page with 200,000 followers, which focused on adult sex content and pregnancy fetishization. It turned out that they were advertising. Meta deleted these accounts after being notified by WSJ.
The WSJ reports that the men on the Facebook page often discuss ways to persuade parents to sell more sexual photos of their children, and some even discuss ways to track where their children live. There were some people who were debating about it.
“I swear I have to find her somehow,” one user wrote about a 14-year-old who had sexual fantasies, according to the report.
This article is the latest in a WSJ investigation into Meta’s struggle to combat a growing network of pedophiles on social platforms. covered by dallas express.
This includes: investigation It details how Instagram has emerged as the social media platform of choice for pedophiles to connect and share illicit content about children. Another article says that Instagram’s “Reels” feature automatically shows short videos in sequence and “follows only young gymnasts, cheerleaders, and other teen and preteen influencers. “Iru” account was seen suggesting adult videos and risqué content about children.
Mehta is facing a lawsuit from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office on charges of child exploitation. report by dallas express.
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