In the long struggle to protect children from exploitation in digital spaces, Meta has made a formal commitment to report child sexual abuse cases directly to Indian law enforcement — a shift that moves the burden from internal moderation into the hands of those with the power to prosecute. The agreement follows a BBC investigation that exposed Instagram's own advertising systems as unwitting conduits for material directing users toward channels selling child sexual abuse content. India's government, backed by coordinated ministries and existing law under the POCSO Act, has made clear that no
Meta commits to reporting child abuse cases to Indian law enforcement
Children exposed to sexual exploitation material through platform advertisements and directed to channels selling such content.