Source: Ars Technica
Meta's multi-day lag in removing ads featuring AI-generated CSAM represents a structural failure in content moderation that directly enabled child exploitation. The ads were explicitly marketed to users seeking this material, which means Meta's recommendation and targeting systems actively distributed content depicting the sexual abuse of real minors. This exposes an economic reality: platforms have minimal incentive to catch CSAM quickly when it drives engagement and ad spend, and Meta's post-hoc removals don't undo the harm or revenue already collected.