Meta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India – Report

Just Rights for Children has filed a petition in India's Supreme Court, citing the BBC's findings, and asked for directions to social media platforms for mandatory reporting and identification of those promoting child sexual abuse material Bhuwan Ribhu wants India to require social media platforms to identify and report those promoting CSAM "Social media companies are clearly flouting Indian laws by not reporting child sexual abuse content to Indian law enforcement agencies as mandated by our child protection laws," said Ribhu.

Meta ran hundreds of paid ads with artificial intelligence-generated child sexual abuse imagery, including several in India, over the past 10 months, a new report by US-based campaigners has found.

The report comes two months after the Indian government ordered Meta to remove all ads and content promoting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Instagram.