2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Instagram's Algorithm Reportedly Recommended Sexual Content to Teenagers' Accounts
Tests by The Wall Street Journal and a researcher reportedly revealed that Instagram's AI-driven Reels algorithm recommends sexually suggestive content to accounts listed as 13 years old. Despite Meta's commitment to restrict such content for minors, explicit videos were served within minutes of account creation, according to the findings.
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Reported occurrence date: 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2024-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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