US · 5 August 2026

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

Reported by Wired

More than 50 offending image and video adverts have been published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads. Data from Meta's ad library shows that some of these adverts ran as recently as this week.

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Background: Child Protection and AI

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