by B. R. GOWANI
money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, …
throughout history, a small segment has always been money-crazy
these money-crazed people would go to any length, most times to
make a buck or two or a great deal more
the US capitalist culture has legitimized money-lunacy the world over
US capitalists have carte blanche to exponentially increase their wealth
they make money through any and all means at their disposal …
- sell weapons that continue to kill masses,
- run casinos that bankrupt wage earners and break families apart,
- private prisons profiting from sweat and tears of the disadvantaged …
almost anything — including,
- child pornography
academics at U of M Amherst, Stanford Univerity, & WSJ joined hands
and conducted an investigation of Instagram, owned by Meta Platforms
the study found:
“Instagram connects pedophiles and guides them to content sellers via recommendation systems that excel at linking those who share niche interests.”
the study also found Tweeter and other social media sites are involved too
it says the sites that are exceptions are either due low traffic or strict rules
one exception being TikTok because it has very strict rules (Rolling Stone)
“Cross-Platform Dynamics of Self-Generated CSAM,” pp. 6-7:
“During this investigation, we encountered menus offering several types of content or sale that represent even greater harms than baseline sexual content by minors, including:
• Self-harm videos, both with and without explicit nudity.
• Advertisements for paid in-person sexual acts (see Figure 5 on page 9), some of which is then recorded and sold to other customers.
• Imagery of the minor performing sexual acts with animals.
• Sexual imagery from when the sellers were significantly younger, i.e. 10–12 years old.”
(CSAM stands for Child Sexual Abuse Material;
SG-CSAM stands for Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material)
ads put on Instagram by users for child porn are offensively loud
hashtags such as #preteensex, #pedobait, & #pedowhore are used
one of the codes for child pornography is “cheese pizza”
Meta told Wall Street Journal:
“Child exploitation is a horrific crime. We work aggressively to fight it on and off our platforms, and to support law enforcement in its efforts to arrest and prosecute the criminals behind it.”
corporate criminals admit the horridness but continue, nonetheless
Alex Stamos, the head of the Stanford Internet Observatory
“That a team of three academics with limited access could find such a huge network should set off alarms at Meta.”
(Stamos is a former Meta chief security officer)
the finding should set off alarms at Meta, but it doesn’t unless Congress acts
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to Senate Commerce Committee:
“Facebook’s profit optimizing machine is generating self-harm and self-hate, especially for vulnerable groups like teenage girls, the socially isolated, and the recently widowed.”
the above statement was made in October 2021
back then, Wall Street Journal had gotten internal company documents
that Facebook knew then, that teens were hurt by social media apps
nothing will change much till money is the be-all and drive-all force …
capitalists don’t mind making money by hook or by … child porn
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com