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More action needed to stop company flogging customised replica toddler girls to men

Meta has shut down three massive accounts belonging to a child sex abuse doll merchant following our reports to Australian executives. 

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In a flip-flop ruling, Instagram has pulled a child sex abuse doll seller’s account. At first, Instagram told us they did NOT remove the account because it did not go against their Community Guidelines. So we took to X to show exactly how it DID breach parent company Meta’s terms of service which prohibit publication of child exploitation material and content which sexualises children.

By Tahlia Perry

Can we please take a minute to pause, quieten the white noise and celebrate an amazing win for Australian parents, children and young people?

Last night, the Federal Parliament passed the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. This means that in 12 months’ time my child and young people across Australia will have one barrier in place to keep them safer online.

Is this Bill a silver bullet? No, but it never claimed to be.

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:

Our investigation makes national news

Is Australian sex doll "influencer" Rod profiting from the sale of toddler sex abuse dolls?

"Instagram and Twitter failing to crack down on paedophiles stealing photos of child influencers"

Mega and PayPal named in Instagram's child sex abuse material promos

Draft Codes leave major loopholes for child sexual exploitation