Instagram accidentally promotes paedophiles

Stefan Mileschin · 9th June 2023, 08:07

Algorithms recommend kiddie fiddlers

The Wall Street Journal and boffins at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Instagram's algorithms actively promote networks of paedophiles who commission and sell child sexual abuse content on the app.

Accounts found by the researchers are advertised using blatant and explicit hashtags like #pedowhore, #preteensex, and #pedobait. They offer "menus" of content for users to buy or commission, including videos and imagery of self-harm and bestiality.

When researchers set up a test account and viewed content shared by these networks, Instagram took them down a rabbit hole of more accounts.

https://fudzilla.com/news/57051-inst...es-paedophiles

9th June 2023, 08:07	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	Instagram accidentally promotes paedophiles Algorithms recommend kiddie fiddlers The Wall Street Journal and boffins at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Instagram's algorithms actively promote networks of paedophiles who commission and sell child sexual abuse content on the app. Accounts found by the researchers are advertised using blatant and explicit hashtags like #pedowhore, #preteensex, and #pedobait. They offer "menus" of content for users to buy or commission, including videos and imagery of self-harm and bestiality. When researchers set up a test account and viewed content shared by these networks, Instagram took them down a rabbit hole of more accounts. https://fudzilla.com/news/57051-inst...es-paedophiles

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