A group of law enforcement agencies that included the FBI and Interpol warned that Meta’s plans to expand end-to-end encryption on its platforms could effectively “blindfold” the company from detecting harmful content related to child sex abuse

Instagram algorithm boosted ‘vast pedophile network,’ alarming report claims

By News on the Net -- New York Post——Bio and Archives--June 7, 2023

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Instagram’s recommendation algorithms linked and even promoted a “vast pedophile network” that advertised the sale of illicit “child-sex material” on the platform, according to the findings of an alarming report Wednesday.

Instagram allowed users to search by hashtags related to child-sex abuse, including graphic terms such as ##, #preteensex, #pedobait and #mnsfw — the latter an acronym meaning “minors not safe for work,” researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst told the Wall Street Journal. ---More...

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A group of law enforcement agencies that included the FBI and Interpol warned that Meta’s plans to expand end-to-end encryption on its platforms could effectively “blindfold” the company from detecting harmful content related to child sex abuse

Instagram algorithm boosted ‘vast pedophile network,’ alarming report claims

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