WF-53S01X
Meta Ran Hundreds of Paid Ads with Child Sexual Abuse Imagery - Tech Transparency Project
Meta's ad system approved and displayed paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material, affecting real children whose images were used and users exposed to the content.
- Date it happened
- 2026-02-01
- Organisation involved
- Meta
- Product, system or model
- Meta advertising system
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