Beyond Safe-Harbour: The Case for Antitrust and Platform Accountability

By Isha Suri and Shashank Mohan A recent investigation by the BBC Eye in India found that Instagram was selling advertisements that contained child sexual abuse imagery (CSAM) and providing users with links to buy CSAM material for as little as Rs 99. The only formal action from the Indian government is a show-cause notice to Meta (parent company of Instagram), including asking it to take down the abusive content. Initially, when flagged by the journalist, Instagram stated that the said ads did