"In August 2020, we found out that there are ~38x as many IIC victims on IGDM as on FB Messenger (Aug 2020). Despite this, CEI deletes on IG are ~21x lower and IIC auto-enforcing on IG is 90x lower compared to on FB."

"Context: In August 2020, we found out that there are ~38x as many 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 ↗ victims on IGDM as on FB Messenger (Aug 2020). Despite this, CEICEIChild Exploitative ImageryMeta's policy and enforcement category for imagery that sexually exploits children, tracked separately from Minor Sexualization and from Inappropriate Interactions with Children. The source document has executives weighing whether to limit the CEI figure published in the Community Standards Enforcement Report to Facebook only, "to avoid a step-change some time in the future when we lose access to private messaging", at a point when by their own estimate "almost 90%" of egregious CEI content was on Messenger.Full entry ↗ deletes on IG are ~21x lower and IIC auto-enforcing on IG is 90x lower compared to on FB." "Actors take advantage of our tools on Instagram to find and inappropriately engage with children. While we have made strides in tackling the worst of the worst, from CEI to IIC, Instagram has a long journey ahead in understanding how these interaction play out on Instagram and how bad actors use our systems and products to do harm, especially on newer and unique surfaces to IG."