科技透明度项目（TTP）的研究人员发现，Meta在过去九个月内运营了数十则付费广告，其中包含AI生成的儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）和涉及未成年人的不当内容[1]。这些广告曾投放到美国、英国及十多个欧洲国家[1]。研究人员共发现了50多则包含滥用内容的图像和视频广告，部分广告影响范围广泛，至少一则广告触及欧洲2,563个账户[1]。
Meta在被媒体WIRED联系后删除了这些广告[1]。TTP主任Katie Paul指出："这些广告没有做任何努力掩盖图像或隐藏它们推广的内容，这些是Meta审查、批准并允许运营的广告，在公司收取广告费的过程中从未受到干扰"[1]。对此，Meta声明称已删除超过3600万件儿童性剥削内容[1]。
Meta operated dozens of paid advertisements containing AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and other exploitative content involving minors over a nine-month period, according to research by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP).[1] The ads were distributed across the United States, the United Kingdom, and more than a dozen European countries.[1] Researchers discovered over 50 ads containing abusive imagery and video, with at least one ad reaching 2,563 accounts in Europe.[1] Meta removed the advertisements after being contacted by WIRED.[1]
TTP director Katie Paul stated that "these ads made no effort to obscure the images or hide what they were promoting—these are ads Meta reviewed, approved, and allowed to run, unimpeded throughout the process of the company collecting ad revenue."[1] The ads operated between November 2024 and early August.[1] Meta has claimed to have removed over 36 million items of child sexual exploitation content.[1] The emergence of these ads reflects a broader trend, as AI-powered nude-generation and image-manipulation services have developed into a substantial underground industry since 2020.[1]