Instagram's algorithms are promoting accounts that share child sex abuse content, researchers find

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Instagram's algorithms are promoting accounts that share child sex abuse content, researchers find
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An investigation published Wednesday described how Instagram's algorithms connect and promote accounts that facilitate and sell child sexual abuse material.

"Due to the widespread use of hashtags, relatively long life of seller accounts and, especially, the effective recommendation algorithm, Instagram serves as the key discovery mechanism for this specific community of buyers and sellers," according to the study, which was cited in theby The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University's Internet Observatory Cyber Policy Center and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

A Meta spokesperson said in a statement that the company has been taking a number of steps to fix the issues and that the company "set up an internal task force" to investigate and address these claims. on Wednesday that the researchers focused on Instagram because its "position as the most popular platform for teenagers globally makes it a critical part of this ecosystem." However, he added that "Twitter continues to have serious issues with child exploitation."

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