Meta Pulled Instagram CSAM Ads in India After BBC Found Paid Telegram Promotions

2 articles · Updated · The Media Leader FR · Jul 5

BBC found Instagram had been running paid ads in India that promoted child sexual abuse material on Telegram, exposing a major failure in Meta’s ad enforcement.
One reported ad was initially judged by Meta not to violate its community guidelines, before the company later disabled several ads and suspended the accounts behind them.
Meta said it has a zero-tolerance policy on CSAM and uses AI plus specialist teams to detect violative content, but described enforcement as a constant battle across its 3.5 billion users.
The finding undercuts Meta’s recent defense of its ad systems, after an executive said the company had spent $30 billion fighting fraud, scams and other integrity issues.