San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads
The San Francisco city attorney has ordered Meta to stop allowing AI-generated advertisements that depict minors in sexually explicit scenarios. Despite previous reports, Meta's platforms continue to host these harmful ads, leading to increased legal and regulatory pressure.
Why it matters
The persistence of child exploitation content on major social media platforms raises critical questions about the efficacy of corporate safety systems and AI moderation.
On Tuesday, WIRED reported that Meta has run more than 350 ads in recent months that transformed still images of minors—some of them confirmed as real individuals, including a member of a European royal family—into short videoclips that can depict them performing sexual acts. When clicked, these ads would direct people to download AI image- and video-generation apps, some of which could be used to digitally undress people or create other nonconsensual intimate imagery.
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