{"id":2272961,"date":"2024-06-20T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/user-beware-disturbing-report-reveals-how-much-sexual-content-is-fed-to-minors-on-instagram\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T19:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T23:39:05","slug":"user-beware-disturbing-report-reveals-how-much-sexual-content-is-fed-to-minors-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/user-beware-disturbing-report-reveals-how-much-sexual-content-is-fed-to-minors-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Report Exposes High Levels of Sexual Content Shown to Minors on Instagram"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fuser-beware-disturbing-report-reveals-how-much-sexual-content-is-fed-to-minors-on-instagram%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=2272961&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>The report highlighted \u2064concerns about Instagram&#8217;s algorithm, which\u2063 appears to aggressively\u2063 recommend sexual content to accounts registered as 13-year-olds within \u2062minutes \u2064of logging in. \u2064This phenomenon was documented by a joint examination from The Wall Street Journal and a professor from Northeastern University \u200bthrough tests\u200b conducted on\u200c dummy Instagram accounts. Despite past announcements from Meta\u2064 (Instagram&#8217;s\u200b parent company) \u200bto limit such content for \u2064minors, this investigation suggests\u2064 these \u2064commitments are either ineffective or unimplemented,\u2063 with Instagram&#8217;s content \u2064recommendation system\u200b showing rapid and concerning exposure\u200b to sexual content \u2062compared to \u2063other platforms like Snapchat and TikTok.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A disturbing new report is shedding some potentially damning light on one of the world\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-christopher-wray-testifies-before-house-judiciary-committee\/\" title=\"FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before House Judiciary Committee\">popular social media platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint effort with Laura Edelson, a computer science professor at Northeastern University, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/instagram-recommends-sexual-videos-to-accounts-for-13-year-olds-tests-show-b6123c65?mod=hp_lead_pos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the Meta-owned Instagram has an odd propensity to aggressively push sexual content to users as young as 13 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstagram regularly recommends sexual videos to accounts for teenagers that appear interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-appears-to-catch-activist-boasting-about-selling-illegal-crt-curriculum-to-indoctrinate-kids-mocking-gov-kemp\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Appears To Catch Activist Boasting About Selling Illegal CRT Curriculum To\u00a0Indoctrinate Kids, Mocking Gov. Kemp\u00a0\">racy content<\/a>, and does so within minutes of when they first log in,\u201d the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-house-mask-mandate-could-remain-until-all-lawmakers-get-inoculated\/\" title=\"Pelosi: House Mask Mandate Could Remain Until All Lawmakers Get Inoculated\">news outlet reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC1-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC1\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC1\"> <script> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '#IC1-ad' ).style.display='none';} else if( 'IC1' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC1 && FFADS.units.IC1.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC1' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\tif( ! FFADS.units.IC1.lazy_load ) eval( FFADS.units.IC1.custom_ads[0].rendering_script ); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>WSJ collected a number of examples, and they go well beyond what one might expect from \u201cInstagram models.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following contains descriptions that some readers will find offensive or disturbing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Trending:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cbs-forced-delete-segment-embarrassing-biden-reporting-history-exposed-air\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-trending\">CBS Forced to Delete Segment After Most Embarrassing Biden Reporting in History Exposed On-Air<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Some examples of the sexual content WSJ reported on included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A video of a woman pulling her underwear off (from a first-person perspective, so you see nothing but feet and underwear), alongside a caption of \u201cWhen he says he\u2019s into small Asian white sophomore nursing students.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Two images making coded references to masturbation (alongside an image of a woman in lingerie) and unprotected sex (alongside an image focused on a woman\u2019s buttocks), respectively.<\/li>\n<li>A short video of a woman in a skirt provocatively spreading her legs (nothing is shown) to the caption \u201cI\u2019ve learned that 40 is\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A young woman in lingerie taking a selfie on a bed.<\/li>\n<li>A provocatively zoomed-in image of a woman in a red dress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"IC2-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC2\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement &#8211; story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC2\"> <script> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '#IC2-ad' ).style.display='none';} else if( 'IC2' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC2 && FFADS.units.IC2.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC2.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC2' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC2.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\tif( ! 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The Journal performed an additional test in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstagram served a mix of videos that, from the start, included moderately racy content such as women dancing seductively or posing in positions that emphasized their breasts,\u201d The Journal reported. \u201cWhen the accounts skipped past other clips but watched those racy videos to completion, Reels recommended edgier content.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Have you or do you use Instagram?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<form id=\"firefly-poll\" class=\"firefly-poll\" onsubmit=\"ff_poll_submit( event );\"> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"firefly_polls_record_vote\"> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"3701288\"> <label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\" required=\"required\">Yes<\/label> <label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"no\" required=\"required\">No<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Enter your email\" required=\"required\"> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">  Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge via email. 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FFADS.units.IC3.lazy_load ) eval( FFADS.units.IC3.custom_ads[0].rendering_script ); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Instagram parent company Meta (formerly Facebook), these are familiar issues.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/01\/09\/meta-to-restrict-teen-content-as-complaints-mount-about-youth-harm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a> noted back in January, Meta came out and said that it would restrict the sort of content that minors would see on its platforms. Those promises came as the platform came under scrutiny for being addictive and bad for the mental health of young people.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<div class=\"in-article-more-label\">Related:<\/div>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ufc-star-michael-chandler-praises-us-memorial-day-will-proudly-patriotic-fight-irelands-conor-mcgregor\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-related\">UFC Star Michael Chandler Praises US on Memorial Day, Will 'Proudly' Be Patriotic in Fight Against Ireland's Conor McGregor<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those restrictions \u2014 if they were ever actually even put in place \u2014 clearly aren\u2019t working, and it very much seems like a Meta problem.<\/p>\n<p>As the Wall Street Journal noted, similar tests conducted on social media platforms Snapchat and TikTok did not yield results that were anywhere near as aggressive as Instagram.<\/p>\n<div id=\"IC4-ad\" class=\"sponsor IC4\">\n<div class=\"ad-notice flipboard-remove\" fl:fl-noexcerpt=\"true\">Advertisement - story continues below<\/div>\n<div id=\"IC4\"> <script> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '#IC4-ad' ).style.display='none';} else if( 'IC4' !='REP' && FFADS.units.IC4 && FFADS.units.IC4.ad_type=='custom' && FFADS.units.IC4.custom_ads && ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'IC4' ).innerHTML=FFADS.units.IC4.custom_ads[0].code; \t\t\t\tif( ! 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