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Instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India, BBC finds

The ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.

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The ads use terms includingrapeandchild videoand link to content on the messaging app Telegram. Instagram has been running paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material in India, a BBC Eye investigation has found. The ads, seen by the BBC World Service, use terms including "rape video" and "child video" and link users to channels on the messaging app Telegram, where they can buy the material for as little as 99 rupees (about 80p). Hours after this investigation was published, the Indian government said it had summoned representatives of Instagram's parent company, Meta, over the adverts. When the BBC reported one of the ads to Instagram, the social media platform responded 24 hours later saying the post did not violate its "community guidelines". Later, when the BBC asked Meta for comment, it said it had already disabled several adverts and suspended the accounts posting them. The company said it had removed additional ads, disabled more accounts and blocked URLs for other content that violated its policies in response to the BBC's findings.

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From the storyThe ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.

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From the storyInstagram has been running paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material in India, a BBC Eye investigation has found.

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From the storyInstagram has been running paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material in India, a BBC Eye investigation has found.

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From the storyThe ads, seen by the BBC World Service, use terms including "rape video" and "child video" and link users to channels on the messaging app Telegram, where they can buy the material for as little as 99 rupees (about 80p).

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From the storyHours after this investigation was published, the Indian government said it had summoned representatives of Instagram's parent company, Meta, over the adverts.

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