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San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

WIRED — AI · September 09, 2026 · International · AI Governance

The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction.

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The Law Protects the Searcher, Not the Searched

A face-search site left millions of photos open. For many of the people in those photos, the law offers remarkably little recourse.

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Nobody Sees the Decision. Nobody Checks the Buyer.

Most people shrug when told their data is collected. The shrug is rational. The harm arrives without a return address.

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San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

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The Law Protects the Searcher, Not the Searched

Nobody Sees the Decision. Nobody Checks the Buyer.

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