We are calling on Instagram to end the sexual exploitation of children on its platform
Our 4 year ongoing investigation has exposed Instagram's rampant sexualisation of minors and highlighted the way Instagram is geared toward connecting men to underage girls. In response to our joint, global #WakeUpInstagram campaign - Instagram announced new safety features including a restriction preventing direct messages between teenagers and men they do not follow and an in-app reporting tool to report Instagram accounts that sexualise children.
But Instagram doesn't remove content reported through its in-app reporting system. The Meta-owned platform continues to be a purveyor of child sexual exploitation imagery, facilitating the sexualisation and eroticisation of underage girls, and connecting predators to children.
We are calling on Meta heads to
- prioritise detection and removal of child exploitation material - including user-reported content
- remove all pre-teens from its platforms
- stop allowing "parent run" accounts which allow users to circumvent its minimum 13+ user age policy.
See more articles about our Instagram campaign below.
Mar 19, 2021
We've had another major #WakeUpInstagram win, with Instagram's rollout of new tools to help protect underage users from predators on the platform including:
Nov 30, 2020
Update: UN adopts General Comment on children's online rights (February 11, 2021) The United Nations now recognises that children’s rights extend to the online realm....
Oct 29, 2020
Tech giants must act to stop sexual exploitation According to data recently shared by the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE), we are in...
Sep 18, 2020
Instagram has responded directly to our #WakeUpInstagram campaign by adding a new in-app reporting tool to report accounts which sexualise children.
Aug 25, 2020
Collective Shout quoted in two articles for The Examiner
Jun 11, 2020
Article reprinted from The Conversation
Jun 03, 2020
*Content warning: child exploitation references UK children’s charity says platforms have duty of care to keep kids safe [UPDATED] Finally - after action from eSafety...
May 08, 2020
*Content warning: themes and images are distressing
May 04, 2020
Ad Standards still failing to grasp the concept of sexual objectification
Apr 25, 2020
Instagram's 'nudity' rules don't keep kids safe Recently Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri was questioned by online celebrity news group The Shade Room over the removal...
