Instagram's Algorithm Found to Recommend Inappropriate Content to Young Users

Meta Faces Backlash and Legal Action Over Allegations of Ignoring Warnings About Harm to Young Users

Instagram's Reels algorithm has been found to recommend inappropriate and sexual content to accounts created to follow young influencers, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.
Ads for major brands were found interspersed with this inappropriate content, leading to some companies, including Match and Bumble, cancelling their ads on the platform.
Meta, the parent company of Instagram, has been accused of ignoring warnings about potential harm to young users and of unlawfully collecting personal information of children on its platforms.
Internal documents suggest that Meta was aware of the presence of millions of users under the age of 13 on its platforms, despite public claims to the contrary.
Meta is facing a lawsuit from 33 states accusing it of ignoring warnings about the potential harm its platforms could cause to young users.