Meta Ran More Than 50 Ads Containing AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery, Found Inside Meta's Own Ad Library
WIRED / Hacker News·high signal
A Tech Transparency Project investigation reported by WIRED on 2026-08-05 found more than 50 image and video ads with AI-generated CSAM published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads between November 2025 and early August 2026, with at least one reaching over 2,500 accounts in Europe. Several linked to an app called MaskAI that places faces into AI-generated sexual content, and some remained live after Meta was confronted. The ads were discovered in Meta's own public Ad Library, the transparency tool Meta built. 300 points and 230 comments on HN.