Meta & Children's Online SafetyMeta is "underinvested in minor sexualization on IG, notable on sexualized comments on content posted by minors."
"Having been historically blocked from labelling message content (for privacy reasons), our IICIICInappropriate Interactions with ChildrenA classifier threshold and content category for interactions between adults and children indicative of grooming or exploitation, referred to internally as "a.k.a. 'grooming'". The source document puts the scale at "~500k victims per DAY in English markets only", three times Messenger's prevalence, while calling it "a preliminary metric" and adding "we expect the true situation is worse".Full entry ↗ modes aren't as mature." Meta is "underinvested in minor sexualization on IG, notable on sexualized comments on content posted by minors. Not only is this a terrible experience for creators and bystanders, it's also a vector for bad actors to identify and connect with one another."
Unnamed employee, as quoted by plaintiffs