NEW: Senators have sent a letter to Pinterest demanding answers, after an NBCNews investigation found that men on the platform create sex-themed image boards of little girls.
revealed how grown men on Pinterest openly create sex-themed image boards filled with pictures of little girls, the company says it has “dramatically” increased its number of human content moderators. It also unveiled two new features enabling users to report content and accounts for a range of violations.
As NBC News uncovered, individually innocuous photos and videos of little girls on Pinterest have been compiled by the dozens, hundreds and even thousands into public boards with titles such as “Sexy little girls,” “delicious,” “hot” and “young girls.” These images, which often show the children in bathing suits, leotards and other light attire, are in many cases uploaded to the platform by the kids themselves or their family members, who have no idea how they’re being used.
The company has also “taken immediate, broad, and aggressive action to deactivate thousands of bad actors and anyone engaging with content in inappropriate ways,” she said in a statement. On Monday, within minutes of creating another Pinterest account and interacting with photos and videos of underage girls, the platform curated more of the same in the homepage and “Watch” tab.Espinosa said Pinterest has
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