During the fourth quarter of 2024, Meta's Instagram removed two million pieces of child nudity and physical abuse content and 946,000 pieces of child sexual exploitation. In the fourth quarter of 2023, instances of such content peaked, with almost ten million pieces of child nudity and sexual exploitation content items being removed from Instagram.
Actioned child nudity and sexual exploitation content items on Instagram worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2024
(in thousands)
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Meta Platforms. (August 1, 2024). Actioned child nudity and sexual exploitation content items on Instagram worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1563162/instagram-child-exploitation-removal-quarter/
Meta Platforms. "Actioned child nudity and sexual exploitation content items on Instagram worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in thousands)." Chart. August 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1563162/instagram-child-exploitation-removal-quarter/
Meta Platforms. (2024). Actioned child nudity and sexual exploitation content items on Instagram worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1563162/instagram-child-exploitation-removal-quarter/
Meta Platforms. "Actioned Child Nudity and Sexual Exploitation Content Items on Instagram Worldwide from 2nd Quarter 2019 to 3rd Quarter 2024 (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1563162/instagram-child-exploitation-removal-quarter/
Meta Platforms, Actioned child nudity and sexual exploitation content items on Instagram worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1563162/instagram-child-exploitation-removal-quarter/ (last visited May 13, 2025)
Actioned child nudity and sexual exploitation content items on Instagram worldwide from 2nd quarter 2019 to 3rd quarter 2024 (in thousands) [Graph], Meta Platforms, August 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1563162/instagram-child-exploitation-removal-quarter/
