Meta defends ‘Robust’ ad review after Instagram runs child sexual abuse ads

Meta’s ad review “may not catch every violation,” the company conceded in a July 7 blog post defending the same process as “robust,” days after a BBC Eye investigation found Instagram running paid advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in India. The advertisements used terms such as “rape video” and “child video” and linked to Telegram channels selling the material for as little as Rs 99. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued Meta a seven-