{"id":1663003,"date":"2022-09-28T17:19:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T21:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663003"},"modified":"2022-09-28T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T21:20:56","slug":"major-companies-remove-advertisements-from-twitter-over-child-pornography-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-companies-remove-advertisements-from-twitter-over-child-pornography-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Companies Remove Advertisements From Twitter Over Child Pornography Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-companies-remove-advertisements-from-twitter-over-child-pornography-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1663003&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to a Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/exclusive-brands-blast-twitter-ads-next-child-pornography-accounts-2022-09-28\/\">report<\/a>, tweets soliciting child sex abuse material have appeared alongside or on profile pages of at least 30 major advertisers\u2019 Twitter accounts. Some of those companies are now pulling their ad services off the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ghost Data, a cybersecurity group, released a new research report reviewed by Reuters about child sex abuse online that allegedly identified links to exploitative material containing child pornography. The information has led companies like Dyson, Ecolab, and Mazda to pause or pull their ads or campaigns from the platform.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThere is no place for this type of content online,\u201d a spokesperson for Mazda USA said in a statement to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The carmaker now prohibits its ads from appearing on Twitter profile pages.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the report, more than 500 accounts openly shared or requested child sex abuse material for 20 days during September 2022. Of those accounts, more than 70% were still active during the study.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Celeste Carswell, a spokesperson for Twitter, told Reuters that the company reviewed, removed, and permanently suspended the complete list of accounts for violating its rules, adding that the platform \u201chas zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">David Maddocks, brand president at Cole Haan, told Reuters the company is \u201chorrified\u201d after learning about Twitter\u2019s alleged child porn problem.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cEither Twitter is going to fix this, or we\u2019ll fix it by any means we can, which includes not buying Twitter ads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The shoe and accessories brand had a promoted tweet next to another post from a user who said they were \u201ctrading teen\/child\u201d content.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Other tweets from the Ghost Data report found that some included terms related to \u201crape\u201d and \u201cteens\u201d displayed next to corporate advertisers. Another example allegedly promoted a tweet for Texas-based Scottish Rite Children\u2019s Hospital, followed by a user searching for \u201cYung girls ONLY, NO Boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Twitter officials have since invested more resources into protecting children\u2019s safety by hiring new positions to write policies and provide solutions to prevent the problem.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eliza Bleu, a survivor advocate of those affected by human trafficking, has been speaking out against Twitter\u2019s alleged child pornography problem since shortly after joining the platform in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In August 2020, she met with Twitter officials that former CEO Jack Dorsey had set up.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI had one request,\u201d Bleu told The Daily Wire. \u201cI wanted them to remove child sexual abuse material at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bleu said following the meeting, they offered her a position on Twitter\u2019s Trust and Safety Committee, but she declined because she refused to \u201cwork with or for abusers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t knowingly profit off child sexual exploitation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bleu worked with a boy anonymously dubbed \u201cJohn Doe\u201d who filed a lawsuit last year against Twitter for allegedly allowing sexual abuse material of the child, who was solicited and recruited for sex trafficking and had to endure his own sexual abuse material being promoted on Twitter, even after attempts were made to remove the content.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bleu said the lawsuits brought by the two minor survivors didn\u2019t send a message big enough for the platform to handle.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s time to hit them where it hurts,\u201d she said. \u201cMy only hope is that by the time all of the advertisers pull out, they have enough money left over to compensate the minor survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Andrew Stoppa, the founder of Ghost Data, said in a\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andst7\/status\/1574471222318043155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1574471222318043155%7Ctwgr%5E00ced6faf6cb31efb9d8ef41c6910b309d1f7d93%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhumanevents.com%2F2022%2F09%2F28%2Fmajor-companies-are-pulling-twitter-ads-after-learning-they-appear-alongside-posts-peddling-child-porn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">tweet<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Monday that he promised to release research about Twitter, adding the company \u201chas a severe problem with child pornography.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSince it is a sensitive topic, more time is needed to release the findings publicly (it does not depend on us), but research will come out soon,\u201d Stroppa said.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stroppa told Reuters he personally funded research into the platform\u2019s child sexual abuse problem after receiving a tip about the severity of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, who is currently in a court battle with Twitter over his attempt to nix a previous offer to buy the company for $44 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1575211053901746177?s=46&amp;t=zFRFQE0OFATFj2c27Y_wvA\">replied<\/a> to the Reuters article on the platform, calling the report \u201cextremely concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a Reuters report, tweets soliciting child sex abuse material have appeared alongside or on profile pages of at least 30 major advertisers\u2019 Twitter accounts. 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