Meta Rejects Claims of Showing Child-Related Ads to Users with Inappropriate Interests
- On Tuesday, Meta published a blog detailing its efforts to combat child sexual exploitation across its apps, responding to a government notice regarding Instagram advertisements that allegedly promoted illegal material.
- The Information Technology Ministry issued the notice after a BBC Eye investigation reported Instagram displayed advertisements containing phrases related to child sexual abuse, allegedly directing users to Telegram channels selling illegal content.
- Meta said its AI-powered systems identified and removed 1.6 lakh accounts in India over the past six months, while globally the company removed 13 million pieces of exploitation content between October and December 2025.
- Responding to allegations, Meta denied deliberately showing child-related ads to users based on inappropriate interests, calling such suggestions "categorically inaccurate" while emphasizing its commitment to improving efforts to combat this abuse.
- Government officials clarified the blog post is not the formal explanation sought; Meta must submit a detailed response to the Information Technology Ministry by July 11 before the government decides its next course of action.
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Meta rejects claims of showing child-related ads to users with inappropriate interests
New Delhi: Meta has issued a detailed public response defending its child safety measures after facing intense scrutiny over reports that Instagram carried advertisements in India allegedly linked to child exploitation, saying it has already removed the violating ads and accounts while denying allegations that its advertising systems deliberately targeted such content. The company published the blog post on Tuesday, days after multiple media rep…
Meta details AI-powered measures to fight child exploitation after Instagram ad scrutiny
Meta said that it removed millions of accounts and posts linked to child exploitation in the first half of 2026, detailing its AI-powered safety measures amid increased scrutiny over Instagram ads.
Meta, Google using technology as shield to dodge accountability?
Digital platforms, which profoundly influence the daily lives, opinions, electoral discourse, mental well-being of children and social harmony of millions of Indian citizens, have become pivotal mediums in public life today. In this context, when Meta and Google claim that monitoring every piece of controversial content is impossible, the question naturally arises: is this a technical limitation or a convenient argument to evade accountability? …
Meta Says It Removed Violating Ads, Disabled Accounts Amid Reports on Child Abuse Ads
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Highlighting its enforcement efforts, the company said," Globally, last year alone, thanks to improvements to our technology, we automatically removed more than 4 million suspicious accounts from Facebook and Instagram, on top of the 36 million pieces of content we removed for child exploitation." "In the last six months alone, this led to the removal of 160,000 accounts in India," it said. …
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