Girls pay price as Instagram ignores calls to ban "parent run" accounts

Eighteen year old Dutch woman “Jacky Dejo” is the subject of a new New York Times report highlighting the risks of exploitation and predation of girls on mainstream social media. The piece exposes the inherent dangers of “parent-run” Instagram accounts and the risks posed to girls who post “modelling” content including:

Why Facebook must abandon plans for 'Instagram for kids'

Collective Shout with James Evans*

**Content warning**

How would you feel if you found out your neighbour had 10,000 images of underage girls wearing bikinis on his hard drive? What if I told you that Instagram hosts collections just like this, serving no other purpose than the sexual entertainment of men?

Collective Shout welcomes the opportunity to contribute to Online Safety legislative reform. We support intentions to consolidate and harmonise current laws and to ensure streamlining and consistency in a range of digital offences. We are especially pleased to see plans for an expansion of protection against cyberbullying, cyber abuse, image-based abuse and seriously harmful content. As the digital landscape is in a constant state of flux, new opportunities arise – and with them new dangers. This necessitates updated legislation to ensure a safer online environment prioritising human rights and community welfare.