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• Paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material were reportedly approved by Instagram's automated review system in India.
• Meta removed several adverts and suspended accounts after being alerted but initially said one reported advert did not violate its policies.
• The findings have renewed scrutiny over how social media platforms moderate paid advertising and protect children online.

Instagram's advertising moderation system is facing fresh scrutiny after a BBC Eye investigation found that paid adverts promoting child sexual abuse material were approved and displayed to users in India, despite the platform's policies banning such content.

According to the report, the adverts used explicit phrases such as "rape video" and "child video" and directed users to Telegram channels where the illegal material was allegedly sold for as little as ₹99. The findings have raised questions over Instagram's ad moderation system and Meta's content review process, particularly because paid advertisements are meant to undergo checks before they are published.