Pinterest has become a goldmine for pedophiles

pinterest You are following in YouTube’s footsteps. Investigation NBCNews he discovered that social network becomes a favorite place for pedophiles. The platform offers not only decorating tips, cooking recipes or lists of healthy habits, but also photo of minors in half-naked clothes. These messages are rife with inappropriate comments from adults who store content on special boards in their profiles.

The publication notes that within a month he looked through the accounts of hundreds of girls on Pinterest, as well as the pages of their subscribers. In my study, NBCNews Found out that the algorithm recommends photos and videos of minors, in some cases wearing shorts or bathing suits. Constant all images have suggestive comments from men.

Some of the photos are part collections such as “bikini girls”, “guilty pleasures”, “sexy girls” or “hot”created by his followers. By clicking on some tags, the algorithm returns dozens of similar photos. In doing so, Pinterest ceases to be a social network used by creatives to become a goldmine for pedophiles.

Although the terms of use state that users must be over 13 years of age to create an account, there are no recommendations to prevent these images from loading. Cristal Espinosa, a spokeswoman for Pinterest, said “the company has a strict zero-tolerance policy for content that may exploit or endanger minors.”

Pinterest is aware of this issue but has done nothing to prevent it.

After investigation, NBCNews reports that Pinterest has removed some of the pages shared by the wearer. Company a feature will be implemented that will allow users to report sexually suggestive boards, as well as individual profiles that may violate the rules. Age verification, a feature that seems important in this case, is at the very bottom of the company’s priorities.

Although Pinterest claims to have removed profiles and boards, we did an image search and found the same issue. Thanks to the algorithmthree clicks were enough to access photos of minors in sexual positions. All of them with adult male comments, some with a confirmed profile picture and location.

Photos do not always belong to profiles created by minors. Some publications in Amazon profiles or stores that advertise children’s clothing are also targeted by pedophiles.. Experts say that while adding potentially suggestive images is a terrible practice, it is legal in many cases.

Unlike other social networks, Pinterest is considered a relatively secure platform. Who would look for pictures of underage girls that have beauty lessons, productivity tips, or meditation tips? Some parents realized that this was not the case after discovering more 500 obscene messages in his daughters mailbox.

In an attempt to compete with TikTok, Pinterest allows minors to upload short videos of themselves dancing or singing, unaware that they will end up on pedophile message boards.