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Instagram Algorithms Promote Pedophile Networks, Investigation Finds

Instagram Algorithms Promote Pedophile Networks, Investigation Finds
A keyboard in front of a displayed Instagram logo in an illustration taken on Feb. 21, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
Jackson Elliott
6/8/2023|Updated: 6/22/2023
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Instagram’s algorithms connect a vast network of pedophiles, an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University, and the University of Massachusetts–Amherst has discovered.

An investigation by Stanford Internet Observatory chief technologist David Thiel, research manager Renée DiResta, and director Alex Stamos discovered that a massive network of English-speaking social media accounts buys, sells, and shares child sexual abuse material across several social media networks.

Jackson Elliott
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Jackson Elliott is a former reporter for The Epoch Times.
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