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Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

WIRED · Aug 5, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC

More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.

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Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

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