According to the 2019 study, profiles belonging to minors accounted for 27% of the follow recommendations Instagram showed for accounts that were engaging in child predatory conduct.
The organization discovered that 2 million accounts belonging to children had been suggested to groomers in just three months.
Additionally, according to the research, 7% of all follow recommendations given to adult Instagram users were made by children.
Additionally, the FTC released information from a Meta analysis of 3.7 million user reports that identified offensive remarks.
Of those who reported an improper comment, 54 percent were reporting an adult account, and one-third of those reports were from kids.
The FTC used this data to support its claim that Meta’s acquisition of Instagram was anti-competitive and eventually hurt consumers.
