Instagram Enables Evil

Two days ago, the Wall Street Journal published a shocking investigative report on how Instagram is enabling pedophilia and horrific crimes against children. Instagram is owned by Meta, which also owns Facebook and was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. The vast majority of Instagram users are under the age of 35. 

Like all social media platforms and most online interactions these days, Instagram is heavily controlled by algorithms that determine a user’s interests and then direct related information and suggested content to them. 

Working with the two teams of specialized Internet researchers from Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Journal was able to quickly identify more than 400 Instagram accounts that sold child pornography. They were also able to determine that just a quarter of those accounts had more than 20,000 followers. 

Meta knows it has a huge problem. A company spokesman admits to “taking down 490,000 accounts for violating its child safety policies in January alone.” [Emphasis added.]

This is an unbelievable story involving a major company, owned by one the wealthiest individuals in America, that is providing an umbrella on social media to those engaged in the worst perversions. And yet here we are just 48 hours later, and it’s like it never happened. 

Mark Zuckerberg should be in front of a congressional hearing today! The Justice Department and the FBI should be all over this national scandal. Instead, they’re busy indicting Trump and hunting down January 6th protesters and pro-life activists. 

Throughout our history, as Tucker Carlson noted, abusing children was the worst thing imaginable. Even in prison, child molesters are the most likely to be the victims of “prison justice.” Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered at least three boys under 18, was killed in jail.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal report comes at the very same time that prominent people are insisting that young children be exposed to drag queen shows so that men can do suggestive dances in front of them. 

This investigative report was printed at exactly the same time when major corporations, sports teams and even the president of the United States are demanding that children, who can barely tie their shoes, be indoctrinated by adults to believe there are “no norms” when it comes to complicated subjects like sex and gender.

But, of course, the real problem confronting America is Donald Trump and some classified documents at Mar-a-Lago or that some parents went to school board meeting and raised their voices.